This works, thank you. This option didn't get my attention at first
because its named Special FastTrak Feature in xconfig. Perhaps this should
be changed.
> Set CONFIG_PDC202XX_FORCE on.
>
> On Tue, 23 Jul 2002, Daniel Tschan wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> Kernel 2.4.19-rc3 introduces a new bug regarding the Promise PDC20276
>> controller. One of my machines has a Gigabyte GA-8IRXP Motherboard
>> with an onboard Promise PDC20276. The controller can either be run in
>> RAID or in ATA mode. I operate it in ATA mode. Kernel 2.4.19-rc3 now
>> incorrectly skips IDE initialization of the PDC20276 because it thinks
>> it's a RAID controller which results in a kernel panic (the root
>> filesystem is on a harddisk connected to the Promise controller). It
>> outputs a message like this before it panics: PDC20276: Skipping RAID
>> controller. This worked correctly in 2.4.19-rc2.
>>
>> Regards
>> Daniel
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