Re: [OT] vt8251 support

[Rodolphe Pinon <Rodolphe.Pinon@ujf-grenoble.fr>]

Hello,

I see that in 2.6.17.9 :

CONFIG_SCSI_SATA_VIA:
 x This option enables support for VIA Serial 
ATA.                                                                                                                                                          
x
 
x                                                                                                                                                                                                          
x
 x If unsure, say 
N.                                                                                                                                                                                        
x
 
x                                                                                                                                                                                                          
x
 x Symbol: SCSI_SATA_VIA 
[=n]                                                                                                                                                                               
x
 x Prompt: VIA SATA 
support                                                                                                                                                                                 
x
 x   Defined at 
drivers/scsi/Kconfig:591                                                                                                                                                                    
x
 x   Depends on: SCSI!=n && SCSI_SATA && 
PCI                                                                                                                                                                
x
 x   
Location:                                                                                                                                                                                              
x
 x     -> Device 
Drivers                                                                                                                                                                                    
x
 x       -> SCSI device 
support                                                                                                                                                                             
x
 x         -> SCSI device support (SCSI 
[=y])                                                                                                                                                               
x
 x           -> SCSI low-level 
drivers                                                                                                                                                                      
x
 x             -> Serial ATA (SATA) support (SCSI_SATA 
[=y])                                                                                                                                                
x

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Rodolphe Pinon

Ignacio Mondino a écrit :
> Hello
>
> I`d like to know if there will be support for the vt8251 via chipset 
> in the
> 2.6.17 linux kernel.
> Without this support Debian cannot see SATA drives.
> That affects a lot of machines since this chipset comes in the asus 
> a8v-mx
> an many other
> nice and cheap boards.
>
> Thanks