Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sun, 15 Sep 1996 23:35:11 +0200 (MET DST) | From | Michael Neuffer <> | Subject | Re: Quick question. |
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On Sun, 15 Sep 1996, Ray Lehtiniemi wrote: > > I had to _add_ some code to the (E)IDE driver to properly detect > > EATA compliant (DPT et al.) SCSI controllers and drop them..... > > They do a ATA interface emulation in hardware and an unsuspecting EIDE > > driver would always detect them and start using them. > > > > It would work fine for the first two drives.....but you couldn't access the > > rest of the devices (besides loosing all of the other SCSI advantages). > > that would explain these phantom hdc and hdd i've been meaning to ask > about :) are these supposed to show up, or should they be dropped as well? > this is the dmesg output for my 2.0.12 kernel.
> ide: i82371 PIIX (Triton) on PCI bus 0 function 57 > ide0: BM-DMA at 0xffa0-0xffa7 > ide0 timing: (0x8000) sample_CLKs=5, recovery_CLKs=4 > master: fastDMA=off PreFetch=off IORDY=off fastPIO=off > slave : fastDMA=off PreFetch=off IORDY=off fastPIO=off > hda: Pioneer CD-ROM ATAPIModel DR-UP124X 0100, ATAPI CDROM drive > hdc: probing with STATUS instead of ALTSTATUS > hdc: EATA SCSI HBA PM2124A > hdd: probing with STATUS instead of ALTSTATUS > hdd: EATA SCSI HBA PM2124A > ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 > Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M > Started kswapd v 1.4.2.2 > FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077 > EATA (Extended Attachment) driver version: 2.58g > developed in co-operation with DPT > (c) 1993-96 Michael Neuffer, mike@i-Connect.Net > Registered HBAs: > HBA no. Boardtype Revis EATA Bus BaseIO IRQ DMA Ch ID Pr QS S/G IS > scsi0 : PM2124A/9X- v07C.0 2.0c PCI 0x0170 11 BMST 1 7 N 64 64 N > scsi0 : EATA (Extended Attachment) HBA driver > scsi : 1 host.
No, they are supposed to show up this way. This indicates that the ide driver has indeed recognized them as EATA compilant SCSI hardware and has dropped them.
Mike
Michael Neuffer i-Connect.Net, a Division of iConnect Corp. mike@i-Connect.Net 14355 SW Allen Blvd., Suite 140 503.677..2900 Beaverton, OR 97008
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