linux 2.4.X and Rocket 1540 SATA

linux 2.4.X and Rocket 1540 SATA

[Dale Blount]

Hello,

I'm trying to get a HighPoint Rocket SATA (4 port) card working with
kernel 2.4.X.  Currently it hangs just after detecting hdc (IDE cdrom).
If I append hdg=noprobe hdi=noprobe, etc the box boots fine, but the
SATA drives are no where to be found.  I'm currently using 2.4.22-ac1 to
support the onboard intel SATA which works fine. 

I'm not sure what other information you'd need to help me debug this,
but I'm willing to provide whatever is needed.

Thanks,

Dale

Re: linux 2.4.X and Rocket 1540 SATA

[Dale Blount]

On Tue, 2003-09-09 at 13:27, Dale Blount wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm trying to get a HighPoint Rocket SATA (4 port) card working with
> kernel 2.4.X.  Currently it hangs just after detecting hdc (IDE cdrom).
> If I append hdg=noprobe hdi=noprobe, etc the box boots fine, but the
> SATA drives are no where to be found.  I'm currently using 2.4.22-ac1 to
> support the onboard intel SATA which works fine. 
> 
> I'm not sure what other information you'd need to help me debug this,
> but I'm willing to provide whatever is needed.
> 

I hate to reply to myself, but I've realized more information may be
needed.  The HPT card uses the hpt374 chip (ATA chipset that has had
linux support for at least a year or so).  I've also tried disabling the
onboard PATA ports (incase they are stomping on ideX) with no success. 
I noticed in the kernel config help that the hpt366 driver requires
"ide-probe" during boot, which is probably why noprobe lets the
boot-process continue but kills the drive's access.

This is the last line in the boot process when it hangs:
hdc: ATAPI 52X CD-ROM drive, 120kB Cache, DMA

Is there anyway to figure out why this card doesn't work?

Thanks again,

Dale


> Thanks,
> 
> Dale
> 
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