SATA on 2.4.x

SATA on 2.4.x

[Andrew Hogue]

Hi,

I am using a via8237 southbridge with sata support.  I know that there is
support for this in 2.6.x but I cannot use 2.6.x due to some
incompatibility with my hardware.

Is there a patch to allow the via 8237 sata controller to work for kernel
2.4.x ?

Thanks,

-- Andrew

Re: SATA on 2.4.x

[Tvrtko A. Uršulin]

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On Monday 15 March 2004 15:36, Andrew Hogue wrote:

Hello Andrew,
> Is there a patch to allow the via 8237 sata controller to work for kernel
> 2.4.x ?

Try this one, it works for me flawlessly.

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diff -aur linux-2.4.23-orig/drivers/ide/pci/generic.c linux-2.4.23-grsec/drivers/ide/pci/generic.c
--- linux-2.4.23-orig/drivers/ide/pci/generic.c	2003-10-07 11:21:32.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.4.23-grsec/drivers/ide/pci/generic.c	2003-12-17 09:07:01.000000000 +0100
@@ -140,7 +140,8 @@
 	{ PCI_VENDOR_ID_HINT,   PCI_DEVICE_ID_HINT_VXPROII_IDE,    PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, 6},
 	{ PCI_VENDOR_ID_VIA,    PCI_DEVICE_ID_VIA_82C561,          PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, 7},
 	{ PCI_VENDOR_ID_OPTI,   PCI_DEVICE_ID_OPTI_82C558,         PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, 8},
-	{ PCI_VENDOR_ID_TOSHIBA, PCI_DEVICE_ID_TOSHIBA_PICCOLO,	   PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, 9},
+	{ PCI_VENDOR_ID_TOSHIBA,PCI_DEVICE_ID_TOSHIBA_PICCOLO,	   PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, 9},
+	{ PCI_VENDOR_ID_VIA,	PCI_DEVICE_ID_VIA_8237_SATA,       PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, 10},
 	{ 0, },
 };
 
diff -aur linux-2.4.23-orig/drivers/ide/pci/generic.h linux-2.4.23-grsec/drivers/ide/pci/generic.h
--- linux-2.4.23-orig/drivers/ide/pci/generic.h	2003-10-07 11:21:32.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.4.23-grsec/drivers/ide/pci/generic.h	2003-12-23 09:53:46.000000000 +0100
@@ -140,6 +140,19 @@
 		.enablebits	= {{0x00,0x00,0x00}, {0x00,0x00,0x00}},
 		.bootable	= ON_BOARD,
 		.extra		= 0,
+	},{	/* 10 */
+		.vendor = PCI_VENDOR_ID_VIA,
+		.device = PCI_DEVICE_ID_VIA_8237_SATA,
+		.name = "VIA8237SATA",
+		.init_chipset = init_chipset_generic,
+		.init_iops = NULL,
+		.init_hwif = init_hwif_generic,
+		.init_dma = init_dma_generic,
+		.channels = 2,
+		.autodma = AUTODMA,
+		.enablebits = {{0x00,0x00,0x00},{0x00,0x00,0x00}},
+		.bootable = OFF_BOARD,
+		.extra = 0,
 	},{
 		.vendor		= 0,
 		.device		= 0,

Re: SATA on 2.4.x

[Stefan Smietanowski]

Andrew Hogue wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am using a via8237 southbridge with sata support.  I know that there is
> support for this in 2.6.x but I cannot use 2.6.x due to some
> incompatibility with my hardware.
> 
> Is there a patch to allow the via 8237 sata controller to work for kernel
> 2.4.x ?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -- Andrew
> 
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I've used the libata driver for it (makes it appear as a SCSI device)
and it's worked fine for me but I've stopped using it after finding
out about trouble with that controller. If you have a second sata
controller on board, like a promise for instance, use that instead.

You still need libata in that case though.

Trouble with the controller is that three motherboards from three
manufacturers have eaten* three harddrives for me.

There are numerous threads on the net about people experiencing
similar effects as I did ..

// Stefan

* Ate = had to RMA.