From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030599AbXBMAiO (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Feb 2007 19:38:14 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030582AbXBMAiN (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Feb 2007 19:38:13 -0500 Received: from rgminet01.oracle.com ([148.87.113.118]:43373 "EHLO rgminet01.oracle.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030607AbXBMAiM (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Feb 2007 19:38:12 -0500 Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 16:33:37 -0800 From: Randy Dunlap To: "Joseph Cosby" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: SATA Drive No Longer Recognized In New 2.6.20 Kernel Message-Id: <20070212163337.3af55213.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> In-Reply-To: References: Organization: Oracle Linux Eng. X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.3.0 (GTK+ 2.8.10; x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Whitelist: TRUE Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 17:30:38 -0700 Joseph Cosby wrote: > Hi, > Until recently I was using the 2.6.18 kernel. I have a SATA hard drive > that was detected by the kernel, using the PIIX driver. But after > updating to 2.6.20, the hard drive is no longer detected by the kernel. > I used make oldconfig to create the 2.6.20 config file, and I noticed a > new option CONFIG_ATA. I did not use this, because as I understand it is > not necessary and is experimental. Do I need to use this or is there > something else in the new kernel that needs to be enabled for this > driver? Yes, you need CONFIG_ATA for SATA after 2.6.18. (prod) == production level code, not experimental (that only applies to the PATA drivers) > My 2.6.20 config file follows. > The hard drive has vendor ID 8086 and device ID 27c0. It is listed in the > modules.pcilist file of 2.6.18 but not 2.6.20. > > If anybody can share any advice please CC me in response. > > # > # Serial ATA (prod) and Parallel ATA (experimental) drivers > # > # CONFIG_ATA is not set --- ~Randy *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code ***