Compiling sata_sil.c

[Net Llama!]

On Tue, 6 Mar 2007, Michael Hipp wrote:
> Net Llama! wrote:
>> On Tue, 6 Mar 2007, Michael Hipp wrote:
>>> Still on my quest to get a SATA card working. It uses the sata_sil module.
>>>
>>> How hard would it be to download the latest version of sata_sil.c from
>>> kernel 2.6.19 and compile it against 2.6.17? Is there a written
>>> procedure somewhere? Or is it too easy to need one?
>>>
>>> This says it went from v0.9 to v2.0 at 2.6.18. I'm at v0.9.
>>>
>>>   http://www.linuxhq.com/kernel/v2.6/18/drivers/scsi/sata_sil.c
>>
>> Hard to say, but I suppose its worth a try.  Sometimes its as easy as
>> dropping in the newer version and building.  Other times there will be API
>> changes which will result in breakage.
>>
>> What problem are you trying to solve?
>
> Trying to get the Syba SATA card to recognize my hard drives.

Are they recognized during POST?


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