On Sun, 2008-03-30 at 15:08 +0100, michael wrote: > I think this article sums up the probs I've been seeing: > http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-hardware-18/solution-for-promise-fasttrack-pdc20378-pata-or-raid-with-2.6.17-kernel-478926/ > > > > Indeed if I book from GPARTed 0.3.4-8 liveCD it states "sata_promise > PATA port found" and shows me the disks (albeit as sda, sdb)... so maybe > that uses a patched sata_promise module? > > I also see that Ubuntu are (if I read it right) going to include PATA > support for sata_promise: > http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs/pool/main/l/linux-source-2.6.20/linux-source-2.6.20_2.6.20-15.27/changelog > (search for sata_promise eg at section: "linux-source-2.6.20 (2.6.20-8.14) > feisty; urgency=low") > > So perhaps Debian will ship a kernel with PATA support in sata_promise??
Just rebooted using the GPARTed liveCD and can see that that uses sata_promise version 2 ie a newer (better?) module... but unfort I can't find this version of the module (but I'm not quite show how to look).... Ta, Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
