Messages in this thread | | | From | Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <> | Subject | Re: piix.c - previously available patch not implemented | Date | Mon, 5 Mar 2007 21:51:29 +0100 |
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Hi,
On Monday 05 March 2007, Jon Wikne wrote: > Hi list, > > Last year, around 2.6.16.*, there was a patch around that helped > me get the PIIX driver to run with the Intel 82801FBM (ICH6M) chip > on my Toshiba Tecra A3 laptop. > > Now, compiling the 2.6.21_rc2 kernel on this machine, to my > astonishment I find that this patch has still not reached the > mainstream kernel. > > I do not know whether there might be a good reason for this, > but this patch is essential for me, and most likely others as > well. I include the patch that works for me below, ported and > relative to piix.c version 0.46 taken from the 2.6.21_rc2.
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> +#define PCI_DEVICE_ID_INTEL_ICH6_5 0x2653
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This is SATA controller and has always been handled by ata_piix driver. It is considered superior over piix for SATA hardware. [ at least ATM :-P ]
PS please _always_ cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org on Linux ATA issues
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