SATA detection

[Net Llama!]

On Thu, 8 Mar 2007, Tony Alfrey wrote:
> Net Llama! wrote:
>> On Thu, 8 Mar 2007, Tony Alfrey wrote:
>>> Tony Alfrey wrote:
>>>> Net Llama! wrote:
>>>>> On Thu, 8 Mar 2007, Tony Alfrey wrote:
>>>>>> OK, I'm trying to install blag linux, which has an installer that
>>>>>> searches for drives.  It does not find my SATA drive controller.  But
>>>>>> the bios sees the controller mounted on the PCI buss and announces the
>>>>>> two drives I installed.  When I set the bios up on this Gigabyte
>>>>>> motherboard to select boot order, it offers me a list of possible boot
>>>>>> devices.  It does not offer a "plug-in controller" like the bios on my
>>>>>> intel MB, but it does offer a SCSI option.  I assume that this must be
>>>>>> the same as a plug-in controller.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So I cannot tell if this is a problem with the installer not knowing to
>>>>>> look for a SCSI controller or if this is a bios problem.
>>>>> Is the SATA controller not being detected, or is the disk attached to
>>>>> it not being detected?
>>>>>
>>>
>>> When I attempt to install the driver (I suppose this is a kernel module)
>>> that I see is a very common driver for use with the SIIG boards and
>>> chipsets, the installer asks me for "parameters".  What parameters might
>>> those be?  What are "parameters"?
>>
>> I dunno, which kernel module is this?
>>
>
>  it is called sata_sil

See the 'parm' section at the bottom:
$ modinfo sata_sil
filename: 
/lib/modules/2.6.19-1.2911.6.5.fc6/kernel/drivers/ata/sata_sil.ko
version:        2.0
license:        GPL
description:    low-level driver for Silicon Image SATA controller
author:         Jeff Garzik
srcversion:     E6A186ED1622E4AFCA35504
alias:          pci:v00001002d0000437Asv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00001002d00004379sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00001002d0000436Esv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00001095d00003114sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00001095d00003512sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00001095d00000240sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00001095d00003112sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
depends:        libata
vermagic:       2.6.19-1.2911.6.5.fc6 SMP mod_unload 686 REGPARM 4KSTACKS
parm:           slow_down:Sledgehammer used to work around random 
problems, by limiting commands to 15 sectors (0=off, 1=on) (int)

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