linux-kernel - Re: More pata

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Date:	Sun, 4 Feb 2007 19:10:46 +0000
From:	Alistair John Strachan <s0348365@....ed.ac.uk>
To:	"Patrick Ale" <patrick.ale@...il.com>
Cc:	"Robert Hancock" <hancockr@...w.ca>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: More pata_ stuff

On Sunday 04 February 2007 18:20, Patrick Ale wrote:
> On 2/4/07, Robert Hancock <hancockr@...w.ca> wrote:
> > ata_piix should drive that chipset. Was that driver enabled in the
> > kernel configuration, and if it's built modular is the initrd, etc. set
> > up to load it on boot?
>
> Hi,
>
> Yep, piix was configured as built-in, I don't use ramdisks.
> And, the SD driver is configured built-in aswell.
> Hence, this is more or less the same kernel config as I used with my
> Gigabyte GA-VAXP Ultra mainboard. The things I changed in this new
> config are:
>
> - Enable SMP
> - Enable ata_piix
> - CPU Type set to Pentium II

And this config has clearly:

# CONFIG_ATA_PIIX is not set

Which for a PIIX4 chipset is what you want. Somewhat confusingly:

CONFIG_PATA_MPIIX=y
CONFIG_PATA_OLDPIIX=y

Should be "n", I've been told.

-- 
Cheers,
Alistair.

Final year Computer Science undergraduate.
1F2 55 South Clerk Street, Edinburgh, UK.
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