On Thu, 10 May 2007 21:41:32 +0200, Peter Favrholdt wrote: >I would like to help by testing the most recent version of the >sata_promise driver on my > >Promise Technology, Inc. PDC40718 (SATA 300 TX4) (rev 02) > >with 4 Seagate 500GB ES drives: > Model Number: ST3500630NS > Firmware Revision: 3.AEE > (with 1.5/3.0Gbps jumper removed = 3.0Gbps) > >This setup experienced a problem a while ago which was fixed using >2.6.21-rc2 + Mikael Petterssons "force 1.5Gbps patch". > >Could someone provide a hint on what sources/patches I should get? > >E.g. vanilla 2.6.21.1 + ? For a SATA 300 TX4 you should test version 2.07 of sata_promise.c. You can get it in 2.6.21-git16, or 2.6.21-mm2 plus the following two patches: http://user.it.uu.se/~mikpe/linux/patches/2.6/patch-sata_promise-1-error_intr-abort_port-2.6.21-mm2 http://user.it.uu.se/~mikpe/linux/patches/2.6/patch-sata_promise-2-sataii-tx4-port-numbering-fix-2.6.21-mm2 or 2.6.21 plus the following three patches: http://user.it.uu.se/~mikpe/linux/patches/2.6/patch-sata_promise-1-separate-sata-pata-ops-2.6.21 http://user.it.uu.se/~mikpe/linux/patches/2.6/patch-sata_promise-2-error_intr-2.6.21 http://user.it.uu.se/~mikpe/linux/patches/2.6/patch-sata_promise-3-sataii-tx4-port-numbering-fix-2.6.21 Note that this corrects the longstanding mis-enumeration of ports on SATAII TX4 cards, so you may need to adjust your /etc/fstab and boot-time root= parameter if you're using hard-coded partition names. /Mikael - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
