From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
To: Paul Rolland <rol@as2917.net>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Linux 2.4.32] SATA ICH5/PIIX and Combined mode
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 06:18:52 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20051221111852.GA7698@havoc.gtf.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200512211110.jBLBALD24852@tag.witbe.net>
On Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 12:10:22PM +0100, Paul Rolland wrote:
> I have a machine with two SATA HDD, and one PATA CDRom.
> Bios is configured for combined mode, and installing a RedHat ES3
> (Kernel 2.4.21-ELsmp) is fine, the two HDD are up, the installation
> is fine and the CDRom is working.
>
> Then, upgrading to a vanilla 2.4.32, the ata_piix.c file contains
> a "combined mode not supported" and booting the machine hangs, as
> no VFS are up for root device.
>
> Of course, I can disable the Combined setup in the BIOS, then I have
> my two HDD, but no CDRom...
>
> What is the "trick" to have a 2.4.32 be able to do what a 2.4.21 was
> doing ?
Apply all the Red Hat-specific patches that you ditched, when you
switched to a vanilla kernel... The patch that supported combined
mode for you is in there.
Jeff
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-12-21 11:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-12-21 11:10 Paul Rolland
2005-12-21 11:18 ` Jeff Garzik [this message]
2005-12-21 11:28 ` Paul Rolland
2005-12-21 11:34 ` Arjan van de Ven
2005-12-21 11:40 ` Paul Rolland
2005-12-23 1:57 ` Adrian Bunk
2005-12-23 2:16 ` Jeff Garzik
2005-12-25 15:17 ` Paul Rolland
2005-12-25 15:16 ` Paul Rolland
2005-12-23 7:45 ` Jesse Brandeburg
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[not found] ` <5maE0-21N-1@gated-at.bofh.it>
2005-12-22 4:42 ` Robert Hancock
[not found] <5mKo7-1sD-5@gated-at.bofh.it>
[not found] ` <5nFPq-1ZT-25@gated-at.bofh.it>
2005-12-27 2:38 ` Robert Hancock
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