Re: [PATCH] sata_promise: Port enumeration order - SATA 150 TX4, SATA 300 TX4

[Christiaan den Besten]

Hi !

We have several of these boards in use [SATA 300 TX4] (bought over time .. not in one batch). All of them have the ordering as 
described below. So another vote for "Please fix!" :)

bye,
Chris

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eyal Lebedinsky" <eyal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Milan Kupcevic" <milan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Jeff Garzik" <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxx>; <linux-ide@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <linux-scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; 
<trivial@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <torvalds@xxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2006 7:59 AM
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sata_promise: Port enumeration order - SATA 150 TX4, SATA 300 TX4


> Milan Kupcevic wrote:
> > From: Milan Kupcevic <milan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Fix Promise SATAII 150 TX4 (PDC40518) and Promise SATA 300 TX4
> > (PDC40718-GP) wrong port enumeration order that makes it (nearly)
> > impossible to deal with boot problems using two or more drives.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Milan Kupcevic <milan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >
> > The current kernel driver assumes:
> >
> > port 1 - scsi3
> > port 2 - scsi1
> > port 3 - scsi0
> > port 4 - scsi2
>
> I totally agree with the fact that the Linux driver gets the ports wrong
> when compared to the BIOS, Windows and surely contradicts the port
> numbers printed on the board. I doubt we all got samples on the one
> bad batch...
>
> It *is* a real problem and if the solution is correct then I support it.
>
> Maybe we need a quick feedback from current users: do you guys find
> that the ports are detected as they are labelled (white silk screen)
> on the board or do they show up out of order (as listed above by
> Milan)?
>
> --
> Eyal Lebedinsky (eyal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) <http://samba.org/eyal/>
> attach .zip as .dat
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