Which kernel do you mean by 'newer' I'm using the same card(s) with Debian Linux 5.0 using the 2.6.30 backports kernel and it is detected fine by the sata_mv driver. Caspar > On 02/16/2010 10:44 PM, The Government wrote: >> Hey guys, >> >> I'm using a Supermicro aoc-sat2-mv8, which is supposedly supported by >> the Linux kernel by "sata_mv" driver. Unfortunately, I've been unable to >> troubleshoot why newer distros (and thus kernels) are not >> detecting/using sata_mv for this card. I tried an (older) Slackware 12.1 >> install disk, that for some reason works by use of sata_mv (12.1 was >> released may 2008, when I think sata_mv was still beta). Anyhow, I've >> tried many newest releases from Slackware, Arch, etc - and it seems >> newer kernels do not properly recognize this card. I'm not sure what to >> make of the newer kernels saying "adaptec aacraid driver" is being used >> (an incorrectly detected driver?). Anyway, I was told this chipset had >> great linux support - does it still? Thanks a lot. >> >> (please CC me for replies, thanks a lot) > > (cc linux-ide added) > > We need a lot more hard detail, such as lspci and dmesg output. > > Jeff > > > -- > 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 > -- 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