Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 12 Feb 2007 18:43:24 -0600 | From | Robert Hancock <> | Subject | Re: SATA Drive No Longer Recognized In New 2.6.20 Kernel |
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Joseph Cosby wrote: > Hi, > Until recently I was using the 2.6.18 kernel. I have a SATA hard drive > that was detected by the kernel, using the PIIX driver. But after > updating to 2.6.20, the hard drive is no longer detected by the kernel. > I used make oldconfig to create the 2.6.20 config file, and I noticed a > new option CONFIG_ATA. I did not use this, because as I understand it is > not necessary and is experimental. Do I need to use this or is there > something else in the new kernel that needs to be enabled for this > driver? > > My 2.6.20 config file follows. > The hard drive has vendor ID 8086 and device ID 27c0. It is listed in the > modules.pcilist file of 2.6.18 but not 2.6.20. > > If anybody can share any advice please CC me in response.
Yes, you do need CONFIG_ATA if you were using ata_piix before (and of course the PIIX driver also needs to be enabled). All of the libata drivers were moved from under the SCSI menu into a new ATA menu (in 2.6.19 I think).
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