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

[Jeff Garzik]

Evan Harris wrote:
> I have a card that mirrors this one from your list:
>
> Retail name: SATA300 TX4
> Chip label: PDC40718-GP  SATAII300
> Vendor-Device number: 105a:3d17 (rev 02)
>
> Through testing, I've found linux 2.6.16 and 2.6.17 find the ports in 
> this order (the list is ordered by linux detection):
>
> 1. silkscreen port 3
> 2. silkscreen port 2
> 3. silkscreen port 4
> 4. silkscreen port 1
> > NOTE: the patch I have submitted ( 
> > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-ide&m=114082978311290&w=2 ) is a 
> > solution that doesn't know about the older Promise SATA controllers, 
> > which are not affected with the "new wiring" problem, so the older 
> > controllers will appear screwed if you use it.
> >
> > Hopefully we will collect enough info about all the SATA Promise 
> > controllers to distinguish the new and the old wiring controllers, 
> > then produce a new patch that will be a correct solution to the "new 
> > wiring" problem.

Mikael Pettersson has been doing some excellent work recently on 
sata_promise.  If enough data has been collected on this sata_promise 
port enumeration problem, maybe the data could be collated and proposed 
via Mikael as a patch?

	Jeff


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