Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 14 May 2004 12:02:15 -0400 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: ata_piix: port disabled. ignoring. |
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Matt Domsch wrote: > On Fri, May 14, 2004 at 03:11:00PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > >>I'm trying to install Linux on a SATA disk in a Dell PowerEdge 750, which has >>an Intel 82875P chipset with an Intel 6300ESB SATA Storage Controller. > > > [snip] > > >>I looked at ata_piix.c, and apparently the driver decides whether a port is >>disabled by checking a bit in PCI config space, so this looks like a BIOS setup >>problem to me. But the BIOS has the first SATA port enabled (`AUTO', and it >>does see a 80 GB disk there), while the PATA and second SATA ports are marked >>`OFF'. > > > Right. At present you need to enable the second SATA port in the > BIOS. Disabling it also disables the first port from being > recognized by the driver. It's a figment of the "compatability mode" > that the PE750 runs in. I believe Stuart Hayes sent Jeff a patch to > address this, but I can't find it handy...
That _should_ have been fixed in the last update to ata_piix. If you could get Stuart to re-test and re-submit that patch if necessary, that would be useful.
Geert, two things to try: 1) Try the latest kernel 2) Fiddle with BIOS settings until your PATA and SATA devices appear as _separate_ devices on the PCI bus.
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