Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:14:56 -0600 | From | Robert Hancock <> | Subject | Re: VIA VT6330 PCI-E Combo Controller not fully supported |
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On 09/29/2009 01:30 PM, Chris M wrote: > Hi everyone! I'll quickly introduce myself before I get to the crux of > my reason for posting to the mailing list. My name is Chris Merrett and > although I'm not a subscriber to the list (my mail server would likely > cry), I check a well-known archive quite regularly just to try and keep > on top of developments in the community. > > The reason I'm mailing is due to a partially-supported VIA chip present > on a small handful of motherboards currently on sale. I mailed the > maintainer (Jeff Garzik) to bring this to his attention quite some time > ago, but I'd imagine he's not found the time to reply to me yet which is > understandable. I figured that it'd be a good idea to make a post here > with the info I've gathered, so that people affected by this same issue > are aware that this particular chip isn't yet fully supported in the > kernel. > > The VT6330 is a combo controller chip that handles both Firewire and > PATA, and is present on my Asrock N7AD-SLI. I'm also aware of it being > present on other Asrock boards, and presumably other boards from > different manufacturers. The Firewire functionality is supported > perfectly and without issue, but unfortunately the PATA support is > lacking at the moment. VIA have some information on this at the > following URL: http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/peripherals/1394/vt6330/ > > From the info on the URL above, it appears that the PATA functionality > is identical to that of the VT6415 PATA controller, support for which > was added in 2.6.28. The mailing list post made regarding the patch that > was submitted can be found here: > http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0902.2/01428.html
If it is similar enough to the existing controllers then you may be able to just add the device ID into pata_via in a similar fashion..
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