Promise ATA-100 (IDE) controller

[<mcclosk@ling.ucsc.edu>]

Further to an earlier request about hardware ....

Can anyone provide advice about the status of support for ATA-100
IDE controllers---more specifically, the Promise ATA-100 cards?

Is there support for these in the 2.2 series kernels, or in 2.4?

There seems to be some controversy about whether the ATA-100 actually
delivers the faster hard drive speed that it ought to provide or
claims to provide (and I've also seen claims that the ATA-66 isn't any
faster than ATA-33 on most systems).

Is there anyone who has experience with these cards under Debian,
who could offer advice either about the quality of current support or
about the claimed performance advantage? 

Thanks very much again,

Jim