Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 31 Aug 2000 00:36:47 -0700 (PDT) | From | Andre Hedrick <> | Subject | Re: 2.4.0-test5 problems with Promise ATA100 |
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BS..
It is a PDC20265 and not a PDC20267. Other than that it is identical in all aspects. Get a newer kernel.
On Wed, 30 Aug 2000, Jan Niehusmann wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 30, 2000 at 12:05:02AM -0400, root wrote: > > After compliation with the Promise UDMA chipsets support, with Use DMA > > by Default checked, the kernel refuses to acknowledge the existence of > > the chip. I have an ASUS K7M m/b that has the controller built in to > > the motherboard. After using dmesg I saw no attempts at all to use the > > kernel driver at all, no error message, etc. Any ideas? > > The german computer magazine c't had a review of the Asus A7V board with > a Promise ATA100 controller in it's 18/2000 issue. They write: > "Nutzer von BeOS oder Linux können den Chip derzeit nicht nutzen" > (BeOS or Linux users can't use the chip at present) > > I'll CC: this mail tho the article's author, perhaps he can tell us more. > > The onboard Promise controller may contain a different chip than the > Promise PCI cards, or it may need a special initialisation. > > Jan > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >
Andre Hedrick The Linux ATA/IDE guy
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