Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 22 Jul 2007 18:21:25 +0100 | From | Bartek <> | Subject | Re: Pata support for IDE Controller 82801G ICH7 in Linux 2.6.22 |
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On 22/07/07, Bartek <poemann@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi > > I have a laptop Asus A6JM with Intel IDE Controller 82801G ICH7 > Family. I wanna give a try a new PATA driver instead the old one > (IDE), so I compiled these modules in the Linux 2.6.22 (CONFIG_IDE is > not set) : > # SCSI device support > CONFIG_SCSI=y > CONFIG_SCSI_TGT=m > CONFIG_SCSI_NETLINK=y > CONFIG_SCSI_PROC_FS=y > > # SCSI support type (disk, tape, CD-ROM) > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR=m > CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SCH=m > > # Some SCSI devices (e.g. CD jukebox) support multiple LUNs > CONFIG_SCSI_MULTI_LUN=y > CONFIG_SCSI_SCAN_ASYNC=y > CONFIG_SCSI_WAIT_SCAN=m > > # SCSI Transports > CONFIG_SCSI_SPI_ATTRS=m > CONFIG_SCSI_FC_ATTRS=m > CONFIG_SCSI_ISCSI_ATTRS=m > CONFIG_SCSI_SAS_ATTRS=m > CONFIG_SCSI_SAS_LIBSAS=m > > # SATA/PATA driver configuration > CONFIG_ATA=m > CONFIG_ATA_ACPI=y > CONFIG_SATA_AHCI=m > CONFIG_ATA_PIIX=m > CONFIG_ATA_GENERIC=m > CONFIG_PATA_PCMCIA=m > > Then I added to /etc/initramfs-tools/modules these modules: > ata_generic, libata, ata_piix > After installing the new kernel and rebooting, the system stopped > showing a message: > "Waiting for root file system..." > Then, after 2 or 3 minutes initramfs shell appeared. So I checked if > 82801G controller is supported, and I found this in > linux/drivers/ata/ata_piix.c > /* 82801GB/GR/GH (ICH7, identical to ICH6) */ > { 0x8086, 0x27c0, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, ich6_sata_ahci }, > /* 2801GBM/GHM (ICH7M, identical to ICH6M) */ > { 0x8086, 0x27c4, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, ich6m_sata_ahci }, > > My question is there a Linux PATA driver for the IDE Controller 82801G > ICH7 Family or is there any plan to support it? > > My /etc/fstab looks like: > # /etc/fstab: static file system information. > # > # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> > proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 > LABEL=ROOT / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1 > LABEL=BOOT /boot ext3 defaults 0 2 > LABEL=HOME /home ext3 > noatime,defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 2 > LABEL=SWAP none swap sw 0 0 > > The fragment of /boot/grub/menu.lst > title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.22 > root (hd0,0) > kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.22 root=LABEL=ROOT ro vga=792 > initrd /initrd.img-2.6.22 > savedefault > > Output of lspci -vvv > 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE > Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP]) > Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device 1237 > Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- > ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- > Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium > >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- > Latency: 0 > Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 20 > Region 0: I/O ports at 01f0 [size=8] > Region 1: I/O ports at 03f4 [size=1] > Region 2: I/O ports at 0170 [size=8] > Region 3: I/O ports at 0374 [size=1] > Region 4: I/O ports at ffa0 [size=16]
Hi again,
Michal Piotrowski (thanks Michal :)) took me a private notice that I should send output of lspci -n instead of lspci -vvv, so here it is (part of, I hope that's enough):
00:1f.1 0101: 8086:27df (rev 02)
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