Compiling sata_sil.c

[Michael Hipp]

Net Llama! wrote:
> 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.

Perhaps so. I thought since the card was correctly identified and the driver 
loaded cleanly that should make it all work.

I think I'll swallow my pride and stick it in a Windows box and see if I can 
make it work there.

It's possible I just got a bad card.

Thanks for you help.

Michael