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On Sat, 2010-09-11 at 17:08 -0500, Brent Busby wrote: |
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> So the switch from /dev/hd* to /dev/sd* for such devices isn't just |
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> cosmetic -- everything is now being handled by libata (which is the |
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> Sata drivers), and if you have any Pata device drivers in your kernel |
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> config, you'll want to get rid of those and replace them with |
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> equivalent drivers from the Sata section of the kernel. |
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> Not doing this will cause very strange behavior with regard to DVD |
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> drives in udev and hal, especially if you use Gnome. |
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Ugh!! This sounds like the roadblock I ran into! The problem |
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drive, /dev/hda, holds the root filesystem and several others, and |
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didn't show up at all in /dev. Since the system also has several SATA |
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drives, I'm using the sata_promise kernel module for these, but the SATA |
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system on the MB is managed by a Promise chipset, which supposedly |
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implements hardware RAID but it's proprietary so I'm just using plain |
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old discrete non-RAID mode. |
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I have rather a conflict here, since I already have a /dev/sda. |
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Is there a HOWTO for using libata-supported kernel components, and |
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configuring them in the kernel? The MB has an ICH5 controller hub, |
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which I assume handles the PATA IF. lspci shows: |
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IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) IDE Controller (rev 02) |
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The linux kernel here already has CONFIG_ATA_PIIX, which supposedly |
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talks the lingo of the ICH series I/O controller hub. What else do I |
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need here, or where can I go to learn more? |
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