Re: VT6421 problems with sata_via

[Corentin Chary]

On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 3:16 PM, Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sun, 11 Oct 2009 11:54:49 +0200
> Corentin Chary <corentin.chary@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> I recently needed some more space and bought a Deskstar 7K1000.B for my server.
>> The motherboard is old, and did not have SATA port, so I added a
>> VT6421 PCI SATA controller.
>
> Lots of 6421 setups do not work on Linux full stop. I've asked VIA
> several times for the relevant data sheet/info to fix this and they've
> never done more than acknowledge receipt of the mail.
>
> Alan
>

I tried to contact VIA, they said the datasheet have been available
for some month,
here is the link they gave to me:
ftp://vtbridge.org/Docs/Storage/DS_VT6421A_100_CCPL.PDF
Thanks,

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Corentin Chary
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