> Now, the 8C8C8C8C is suspicious because the card hasn't had the BIOS > executed, so something isn't getting initialized. As it's the same for > even the PATA port with 0x8c. > > Any ideas ? The docs list a range of Phy setup and power registers, but not enough information on how to configure them for a given board. Some look like they will be board specific as well. Probably best to ping VIA and see if you can get the relevant programming guide, that and/or copy register settings from a PC -- 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