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From: Harry Putnam <reader@×××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: kernel build - back in the soup.
Date: Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:35:44
Message-Id: 87fx8u2l5x.fsf@newsguy.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] kernel build - back in the soup. by Dirk Heinrichs
1 "Dirk Heinrichs" <dirk.heinrichs@××××××.de> writes:
2
3 > If it still won't work, you can also post your kernel config and the output of
4 > lspci -vv here and somebody will find out what's wrong/missing.
5
6 Good input thanks. I did get it working. It was an IDE selection I
7 missed.
8
9 From the lspci -vv you mentioned (aggravating because I knew that
10 since long ago) shows:
11
12 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R)
13 IDE Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 8a
14
15 [...]
16
17 Kernel driver in use: PIIX_IDE
18
19 Here is the part that throws the monkey wrench in:
20
21 make menuconfig
22 /PIIX_IDE
23 No matches found.
24
25 Without fiddling around more I'm still not sure which setting it is.
26
27 One of the settings checked here I think:
28 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |
29 | | --- Serial ATA (prod) and Parallel ATA (experimental) drivers | |
30 | | [*] ATA ACPI Support | |
31 | | [ ] SATA Port Multiplier support | |
32 | | < > AHCI SATA support | |
33 | | < > Silicon Image 3124/3132 SATA support | |
34 | | [*] ATA SFF support | |
35 | | < > ServerWorks Frodo / Apple K2 SATA support | |
36 | | <*> Intel ESB, ICH, PIIX3, PIIX4 PATA/SATA support | |
37 | | < > Marvell SATA support
38
39 Now that I got things to boot... I'm sick of looking at this stuff... hehe