Re: 2.4.0-test5 problems with Promise ATA100

From: Andre Hedrick (andre@linux-ide.org)
Date: Thu Aug 31 2000 - 03:36:47 EDT

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    BS..

    It is a PDC20265 and not a PDC20267.
    Other than that it is identical in all aspects.
    Get a newer kernel.

    On Wed, 30 Aug 2000, Jan Niehusmann wrote:

    > On Wed, Aug 30, 2000 at 12:05:02AM -0400, root wrote:
    > > After compliation with the Promise UDMA chipsets support, with Use DMA
    > > by Default checked, the kernel refuses to acknowledge the existence of
    > > the chip. I have an ASUS K7M m/b that has the controller built in to
    > > the motherboard. After using dmesg I saw no attempts at all to use the
    > > kernel driver at all, no error message, etc. Any ideas?
    >
    > The german computer magazine c't had a review of the Asus A7V board with
    > a Promise ATA100 controller in it's 18/2000 issue. They write:
    > "Nutzer von BeOS oder Linux können den Chip derzeit nicht nutzen"
    > (BeOS or Linux users can't use the chip at present)
    >
    > I'll CC: this mail tho the article's author, perhaps he can tell us more.
    >
    > The onboard Promise controller may contain a different chip than the
    > Promise PCI cards, or it may need a special initialisation.
    >
    > Jan
    >
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    Andre Hedrick
    The Linux ATA/IDE guy

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