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Re: Sarge and supported chipsets



Em Qui, 2005-02-17 às 16:54 +0000, jim biri escreveu:
> Hi,
> 
> I've queried previously about how to find if Sarge has support for a
> particular IDE controller, i.e. for the Promise Ultra ATA-133 TX2 card
> - that runs the PDC20268 chipset.
> 
> Previously,  it had been suggested that I do the following: 
> --- modprobde pdc202xx_new 
> --- Then look in dmesg
> --- And I should see entries like: 
> 
> PDC20268: chipset revision 2
> PDC20268: 100% native mode on irq 10
> 
> However - if I do this, I *don't* see any of the entries above. 
> FYI: I don't have the card in, I'd just to be 100% sure before I buy
> said cards that my installation(s) do support them.

Well, if the card is not plugged, the driver will not find it and report
nothing AFAIK.

For a compatibility list, take a look at:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/hcl/index.php

I hope that it helps.


-- 
Miguel Di Ciurcio Filho
Linux Professional ID 22833
Linux User # 347217



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