Re: Promise ATA/133
I don't think your kernel will recognize the
controller at all, regardless of whether you us it as
an ata100 or ata133. The ac kernel has the ide patches
that contain the driver for this controller and I
think the 2.4.19 pre patches do as well.
--- raw-sewa@buzz.frogspace.net wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 12, 2002 at 09:42:42PM -0800, Alvin Oga
> wrote:
> > > I am considering using a Promise ATA/133 drive
> controller and some ATA/133
> > > drives. Is anyone currently using such a setup?
> > >
> > you need to download and apply the ata/133 patches
> to the kernel...
> >
> > http://www.1U-Raid5.net/Patches/*ata133*
> >
> > http://www.LinuxDiskCert.org/
> > ( patches probably merged into the newer kernels
>
> Are these patches needed if I just want to use the
> (promise ata133)
> controller in ata100 mode?
>
> I've been using the 2.4.17 kernel, which supports
> the Promise family
> of IDE controllers (at least up ata100, I believe).
> My diald server
> box is using the promise ata100 controller with the
> 2.4.17 kernel
> compiled with promise IDE support.
>
> So I just bought a promise ata133 controller, but an
> ata100 drive
> for my workstation box. Clearly I don't need ata133
> support, the
> ata100 support offered stock in 2.4.17 should do, as
> long as the
> controller drives are the same.
>
> Thanks,
> Matt
>
> (bad block scans take a loooong time on a 120 GB
> drive!)
>
>
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