Re: ata 100 drivers for debian.(Promise Ultra100 IDE Controller PDC20265)
Understood and agreed.
So we won't file bug reports about it?
Regards,
/Karl
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From: Glenn McGrath <bug1@optushome.com.au>
Subject: Re: ata 100 drivers for debian.(Promise Ultra100 IDE Controller PDC20265)
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 19:29:41 +1100
> Adam Di Carlo wrote:
> >
> > Karl Hammar <karl@kalle.csb.ki.se> writes:
> >
> > > I assume you have two ordinary ide controllers on your motherboard.
> > > In that case you can:
> > > connect disc on std. ide
> > > install debian
> > > download lk-2.2.18 and latest ide-patches
> > > roll your own kernel and install it
> > > move disc to udma100 controller
> > > find out what the discs new name by rebooting and studying boot
> > > messages, probably /dev/hde
> > > reboot with root=/dev/hde??, s/hda/hde/g in /etc/fstab
> > >
> > > I send a similar mail with subject 'Re: UDMA66 boot problem/HPT370'
> > > today, it contains more details.
> >
> > Karl, doesn't all this indicate that there's some stuff not supported
> > on our kernel-image-2.2.18pre21-ide package which *should* be?
> >
> > If so, could you please file a bug on this package? I'm trying to get
> > one more point release of Debian out the door and this would be really
> > helpful if we could get this last round of kernel issues solved (it
> > will help for woody too).
> >
>
> All we can do as far as supporting ata100 is make sure that the IDA and
> UDMA kernels have the latest ide patch applied, which is Herberts
> domain.
>
> Patches from
> http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/hedrick/ide-2.2.18/
>
>
> Glenn
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