Hello Jeff, I've tried a few recent Kernels (incl 2.6.23.14) attempting to have my SATA Raid configuration detected to no avail. My SATA drives are not on your blacklist in sata_sil.c so I decided to contact you to see if I am missing something or can offer a testbed to get this resolved. I have found a kernel forum posting from you back in 2004 relating to an issue with a slightly different Sil controller but the same drives. http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0412.0/0535.html You refer to updates in firmware resolving Raid-related issues but I cannot find any updates beyond my current v3.42 for these drives. Nor were there an newer Mobo firmwares beyond "FK" which I have installed. I'd be grateful for any pointers and would be very interested in assisting where I can in providing information if possible. I have attached some general information regarding my setup. Regards, Tony Mugan.
-------------- My Motherboard -------------- Gigabyte GA-7n400 Pro2 Rev 2.x Motherboard http://tw.giga-byte.com/Support/Motherboard/BIOS_Model.aspx?ProductID=1756 ------------------------ My Onboard SATA Controller ------------------------ Silicon Image 3512A Sataraid Firmware 4.3.33 01:0d.0 RAID bus controller: Silicon Image, Inc. SiI 3512 [SATALink/SATARaid] Serial ATA Controller (rev 01) -------------- My SATA Drives -------------- 2 x Seagate Baracud Sata1 160Gb 7200.7 NCQ Model ST3160827AS F/W 3.42 http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=631c3b0c2aeef010VgnVCM100000f5ee0a0aRCRD&locale=en-US&reqPage=Legacy# ---------------- ****lspci output ---------------- [tony@localhost ~]$ /sbin/lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (different version?) (rev c1) 00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 1 (rev c1) 00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 4 (rev c1) 00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 3 (rev c1) 00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 2 (rev c1) 00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 5 (rev c1) 00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 ISA Bridge (rev a4) 00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation nForce2 SMBus (MCP) (rev a2) 00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4) 00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4) 00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4) 00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AC97 Audio Controler (MCP) (rev a1) 00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 External PCI Bridge (rev a3) 00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation nForce2 IDE (rev a2) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (rev c1) 01:08.0 Network controller: Texas Instruments ACX 111 54Mbps Wireless Interface 01:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8169 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10) 01:0c.0 RAID bus controller: Integrated Technology Express, Inc. IT/ITE8212 Dual channel ATA RAID controller (rev 11) 01:0d.0 RAID bus controller: Silicon Image, Inc. SiI 3512 [SATALink/SATARaid] Serial ATA Controller (rev 01) 01:0e.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB23 IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link) 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV43 [GeForce 6600 GT] (rev a2)
