Re: SATA on 2.4.x

From: Tvrtko A. Uršulin
Date: Mon Mar 15 2004 - 09:53:44 EST


On Monday 15 March 2004 15:36, Andrew Hogue wrote:

Hello Andrew,
> Is there a patch to allow the via 8237 sata controller to work for kernel
> 2.4.x ?

Try this one, it works for me flawlessly.
diff -aur linux-2.4.23-orig/drivers/ide/pci/generic.c linux-2.4.23-grsec/drivers/ide/pci/generic.c
--- linux-2.4.23-orig/drivers/ide/pci/generic.c 2003-10-07 11:21:32.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.4.23-grsec/drivers/ide/pci/generic.c 2003-12-17 09:07:01.000000000 +0100
@@ -140,7 +140,8 @@
{ PCI_VENDOR_ID_HINT, PCI_DEVICE_ID_HINT_VXPROII_IDE, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, 6},
{ PCI_VENDOR_ID_VIA, PCI_DEVICE_ID_VIA_82C561, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, 7},
{ PCI_VENDOR_ID_OPTI, PCI_DEVICE_ID_OPTI_82C558, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, 8},
- { PCI_VENDOR_ID_TOSHIBA, PCI_DEVICE_ID_TOSHIBA_PICCOLO, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, 9},
+ { PCI_VENDOR_ID_TOSHIBA,PCI_DEVICE_ID_TOSHIBA_PICCOLO, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, 9},
+ { PCI_VENDOR_ID_VIA, PCI_DEVICE_ID_VIA_8237_SATA, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, 10},
{ 0, },
};

diff -aur linux-2.4.23-orig/drivers/ide/pci/generic.h linux-2.4.23-grsec/drivers/ide/pci/generic.h
--- linux-2.4.23-orig/drivers/ide/pci/generic.h 2003-10-07 11:21:32.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.4.23-grsec/drivers/ide/pci/generic.h 2003-12-23 09:53:46.000000000 +0100
@@ -140,6 +140,19 @@
.enablebits = {{0x00,0x00,0x00}, {0x00,0x00,0x00}},
.bootable = ON_BOARD,
.extra = 0,
+ },{ /* 10 */
+ .vendor = PCI_VENDOR_ID_VIA,
+ .device = PCI_DEVICE_ID_VIA_8237_SATA,
+ .name = "VIA8237SATA",
+ .init_chipset = init_chipset_generic,
+ .init_iops = NULL,
+ .init_hwif = init_hwif_generic,
+ .init_dma = init_dma_generic,
+ .channels = 2,
+ .autodma = AUTODMA,
+ .enablebits = {{0x00,0x00,0x00},{0x00,0x00,0x00}},
+ .bootable = OFF_BOARD,
+ .extra = 0,
},{
.vendor = 0,
.device = 0,