Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 22 Aug 2004 16:12:21 +0200 (CEST) | From | Piotr Goczal <> | Subject | Re: PROBLEM: Promise Fast Track SX6000 i2o driver. |
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On Sun, 22 Aug 2004, Alan Cox wrote:
Hi,
Thanks for quick answer!
> > With new version of firmware (Bios version 1.20.0.27) driver doesn't > > recognise hardware at all. The problem is: Promise's changed PCI_CLASS > > identifier from 0x0e00 (I2O controler) to 0x0104 (RAID bus controller). > > I've tried simply change PCI_CLASS number in source and recompile it but > > it doesn't work good (driver recognised hardware but hung whole machine!). > The new firmware isn't I2O any more. I've not found any public docs on > the newer firmware interface and since it was way slower than the 3ware > card I never looked.
The Promise driver (distributed via src) is common and is working for both version of firmware.
So, as I've understood: there will be no working i2o drivers for SX6000 at least to time when Promise publicize documentation to their hardware. :-( Am I right?
Best regards
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