From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264260AbTLAVYM (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Dec 2003 16:24:12 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264261AbTLAVYM (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Dec 2003 16:24:12 -0500 Received: from 64-60-248-67.cust.telepacific.net ([64.60.248.67]:24072 "EHLO mx.rackable.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264260AbTLAVYI (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Dec 2003 16:24:08 -0500 Message-ID: <3FCBB15F.7050505@rackable.com> Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2003 13:23:43 -0800 From: Samuel Flory User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031007 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Greg Stark CC: Marcelo Tosatti , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: libata in 2.4.24? References: <3FCB8312.3050703@rackable.com> <87fzg4ckej.fsf@stark.dyndns.tv> In-Reply-To: <87fzg4ckej.fsf@stark.dyndns.tv> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 01 Dec 2003 21:24:02.0765 (UTC) FILETIME=[7134BFD0:01C3B851] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Greg Stark wrote: > Samuel Flory writes: > > >> It's getting harder to find a newly released motherboard without onboard >>sata. Not having libata support means that anyone running 2.4 unpatched will >>be unable to use such systems. > > > My motherboard has a SATA controller and I'm using it in non-legacy mode with > 2.4.23. What is this libata thing I'm supposed to be needing? > What chipset are you using? Assumming that hda is your sata drive. What are the results of the following "hdarm -t /dev/hda" "hdparm -dvi /dev/hda" The ICH5 chipset is the only chipset I've found that works well without libata. -- There is no such thing as obsolete hardware. Merely hardware that other people don't want. (The Second Rule of Hardware Acquisition) Sam Flory