On Tue, 2007-07-31 at 13:23 +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > > I'm wondering if there are or will be libata drivers, or any drivers for > > that matter, for hpt374-based SATA cards? > > The HPT374 is a PATA controller. Some people ship products with the > HPT37x controllers and PATA/SATA bridges and those should work with the > libata drivers. Might I suggest something along the lines of the attached patch in order to avoid future confusion? The information on which cards have which chips comes from the linuxmafia web page. Bob -- Bob Ham <rah@xxxxxxx>
--- Kconfig.old 2007-07-31 14:29:22.000000000 +0100 +++ Kconfig 2007-07-31 21:05:00.000000000 +0100 @@ -297,6 +297,11 @@ This option enables support for the majority of the later HPT PATA controllers via the new ATA layer. + Some SATA cards, like the Highpoint Rocket/RocketRAID + 1540/1542/1544/1640 and some versions of the RocketRAID 1520, + use these PATA controllers in conjunction with a SATA/PATA + bridge. This driver should support those cards, too. + If unsure, say N. config PATA_HPT3X2N @@ -304,7 +309,12 @@ depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL help This option enables support for the N variant HPT PATA - controllers via the new ATA layer + controllers via the new ATA layer. + + Some SATA cards, like the Highpoint Rocket 1520 and some + versions of the RocketRAID 1520, use these PATA controllers + in conjunction with a SATA/PATA bridge. This driver should + support those cards, too. If unsure, say N.
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