Re: [gentoo-user] Silicon Image 3112 Raid Controller on Kernel 2.6.22 and 2.6.23 not working.

[David Relson]

On Sat, 08 Dec 2007 13:57:06 +0100
Norman Rieß wrote:

> Hi,
>
> i am using a Silicon Image, Inc. SiI 3112 [SATALink/SATARaid] Serial
> ATA Controller (rev 02) in a non-RAID configuration. Simply an an
> SATA-Controller so to speak.
> This worked fine ever since. But with the release of kernel 2.6.22 the
> controller stopped working.
>
> Here is a picture of the errormessage when the kernel loads.
>
> http://www.smash-net.org/kernel2.6.23/kernel_sil_err.jpg
>
> I googled around and found, that quite a few people had problems with
> SIL-Controllers. But none but one had this particular problem. This
> guy apparently told  a kernel developer about this, who said he would
> take a look at it.  So i waited till 3.6.23, but the problem still
> persists.
>
> Here is my  kernel-config for 2.6.23:
> http://www.smash-net.org/kernel2.6.23/config-kernel-2.6.23
>
> Maybe someone on this list has a fresh idea.
>
> Regards
> Norman


Hello Norman,

I, too, have one of their controllers (identified by lspci as "RAID bus
controller: Silicon Image, Inc. PCI0680 Ultra ATA-133 Host Controller
(rev 02)".  It works ... kind of ...

I bought it because my new AMD64 mobo has 1 ATA connector and I have 2
ATA hard drives and a SONY DVD RW DRU-510A, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive.
When I tried to boot a LiveCD from the SONY, the kernel was read then
reported "can't find cdrom device".  Not good!

To upgrade to 64-bit gentoo, I had to recable my box so that my primary
HD and the SONY were attached to the mobo.

My rating of the SII card?  "OK -- sort of".

Regards,

David

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