Re: [gentoo-user] Re: JMicron confusion

[Ryan Sims]

On 9/29/06, Ryan Sims <rwsims@×××××.com> wrote:
> On 9/29/06, Mark Kirkwood <markir@××××××××××××.nz> wrote:
> > Ryan Sims wrote:
> > > On 9/29/06, Richard Fish <bigfish@××××××××××.org> wrote:
> > >> On 9/29/06, Ryan Sims <rwsims@×××××.com> wrote:
> > >> > Let me rephrase my question:  If I only use SATA drives, non RAID,
> > >> > they only run through the P975 southbridge, and I should be ok, right?
> > >>
> > >> Well I don't own one of these things, but it looks like the SATA stuff
> > >> goes through the JMicron chip, while the RAID is provided by the 975.
> > >
> > > I thought it was the other way around?
> > >
> > > Southbridge
> > > - 4 x SATA 3.0 Gb/s ports
> > > JMicron(r) JMB363 PATA and SATA controller
> > > - 1 x UltraDMA 133/100/66 for up to 2 PATA devices
> > > - 1 x Internal SATA 3.0 Gb/s port
> > > - 1 x External SATA 3.0 Gb/s port (SATA On-the-Go)
> > > - Support SATA RAID 0, 1 and JBOD
> > >
> > > (from
> > > http://usa.asus.com/products4.aspx?modelmenu=2&model=1178&l1=3&l2=11&l3=307)
> > >
> > >
> > > That seems to say that 4 SATA drives can go through the Southbridge
> > > (P965, typo earlier, sorry)
> >
> >
> > Yeah - looks like it is for that board - as it uses ICH8 for plain old
> > SATA and JMicron for RAID, other similar boards seem to use ICH8R for
> > RAID and JMicron for plain old SATA... just to add to the confusion :-)
> >
>
> Confusion indeed ;)
> So how well is the ICH8 southbride supported?  RAID isn't on my list
> of things to worry about, so if I try just straight-up SATA drives,
> will things work off of 2006.1, you think?

Nuts, ignore that.  Just realized the optical drives will be PATA,
which goes through the JMicron.  Shoot.  Looks like I'll have to give
either kernelOfTruth's LiveCD a shot, or possibly roll my own.  Or
find a LiveCD for another distro that has 2.6.18 or so.  Hmm.

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Ryan W Sims

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