Re: [PATCH] sata_promise: Port enumeration order - SATA 150 TX4,

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Hans A Eide writes:
 > 
 >  > Evan Harris wrote:
 >  >>
 >  >> I have a card that mirrors this one from your list:
 >  >>
 >  >> Retail name: SATA300 TX4
 >  >> Chip label: PDC40718-GP  SATAII300
 >  >> Vendor-Device number: 105a:3d17 (rev 02)
 >  >>
 >  >> Through testing, I've found linux 2.6.16 and 2.6.17 find the  
 > ports in
 >  >> this order (the list is ordered by linux detection):
 >  >>
 >  >> 1. silkscreen port 3
 >  >> 2. silkscreen port 2
 >  >> 3. silkscreen port 4
 >  >> 4. silkscreen port 1
 >  >>> NOTE: the patch I have submitted (
 >  >>> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux- 
 > ide&m=114082978311290&w=2 ) is a
 >  >>> solution that doesn't know about the older Promise SATA  
 > controllers,
 >  >>> which are not affected with the "new wiring" problem, so the older
 >  >>> controllers will appear screwed if you use it.
 >  >>>
 >  >>> Hopefully we will collect enough info about all the SATA Promise
 >  >>> controllers to distinguish the new and the old wiring controllers,
 >  >>> then produce a new patch that will be a correct solution to the  
 > "new
 >  >>> wiring" problem.
 >  >
 >  > Mikael Pettersson has been doing some excellent work recently on
 >  > sata_promise.  If enough data has been collected on this sata_promise
 >  > port enumeration problem, maybe the data could be collated and  
 > proposed
 >  > via Mikael as a patch?
 >  >
 >  > 	Jeff
 > 
 > Sorry, any updates on this?

You should have posted this to linux-ide not linux-scsi.

The Promise SATAII TX4 port enumeration issue is fixed in
current 2.6.22-rc kernels. A patch for 2.6.21 can be found
in <http://marc.info/?l=linux-ide&m=117728096711046&w=2>.

/Mikael
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