Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 29 Mar 2006 17:34:25 -0600 | From | Robert Hancock <> | Subject | Re: Schedule for adding pata to kernel? |
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James Cloos wrote: >>>>>> "Robert" == Robert Hancock <hancockr@shaw.ca> writes: > > JimC> but [I] never managed to determine the CONFIG that used ata_piix rather > JimC> than the old ide drivers. Each attempt left me with a kernel which > JimC> could not mount its root.... > > Robert> If you build them into the kernel, it should just work.. > > Agreed. It should. > > But if I leave in CONFIG_IDE=y, CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PIIX=y I get root on > 0x0302 rather than 0x0802 even when I also have CONFIG_SCSI_SATA=y > and CONFIG_SCSI_ATA_PIIX=y. > > If the first two are not set then the kernel cannot find anything. > > My understanding is that with Alan's patch everything should be > using major 8, and that CONFIG_IDE is no longer required, yes?
You should be able to set CONFIG_IDE=n and have it work. That PCI ID is listed in the ata_piix device table so I should think it would work.. can you post the output? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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