SATA detection

[Tony Alfrey]

C M Reinehr wrote:
> 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

Somehow I got directed to SIIG from the Seagate site as having SATA 
cards.  And then somehow, I got the idea that SIIG was just an 
abbreviation for Silicon Image.
This explains why the bios does not say that this is a Silicon Image 
chipset, but an INITIO chipset.

I am quite sure there is no linux driver for this thing.



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