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:
>>> 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?
>
> Not that I can tell. But this mobo has a BIOS date of 11/2001. I doubt it
> knows much about SATA.

Urmm, if the SATA controller isn't POSTing and recognizing the drives, 
then the OS has zero chance of recognizing what the controller doesn't 
see.  I think you're wasting your time trying to solve this problem with a 
driver, when its clearly broken at a much lower level.


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