SATA detection

[C M Reinehr]

Tony,

On Friday 09 March 2007 13:10, Tony Alfrey wrote:
> C M Reinehr wrote:
> > On Thursday 08 March 2007 23:11, Tony Alfrey wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> >>   it is called sata_sil
> >
> > Tony,
> >
> > I don't remember that you've ever told us what kind of SATA controller
> > you have. I just took a quick look at your MB (it's a Gigabyte GA-7VT600,
> > isn't it?) and don't see any onboard support for SATA.
>
> Correct
>
> >  Are you using an add-on
> > card?
>
> Yes, a Silicon Image card SC-SA0012-S1, which appears to have an INITIO
> INIC1620 chip.
>
> > This website may help you to resolve your problem:
> >
> > http://linux-ata.org/driver-status.html
>
> Yes, I have been through this in quite some detail.  It appears that my
> Silicon Image card is too new; it does not have the same chip as is
> described on the list of drivers.  I may have to get the Promise SATA
> card which has RedHat drivers, but I need to compile the driver on the
> kernel I'm going to use.  We call this a "Catch 22".
>
> > Cheers!
> >
> > cmr

Here's your problem. The SC-SA0012-S1 is NOT manufactured by Silicon Image 
(www.siliconimage.com). It IS manufactured by SIIG, Inc (www.siig.com).

I have a bad feeling that there is no linux driver for this product.

cmr
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