Re: Vic^H^Holunteers needed for updated SATA code testing

[Samuel Flory <sflory rackable com>]

Justin M. Forbes wrote:
> > Positive comments so far from Promise and VIA users, so I reused someones RFE
> > in bugzilla for this (#103980) to possibly get it in a future kernel
> > update.
>
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> I have merged these patches into the current Fedora kernel for AMD64,
> hopefully it will stay there until release, in which case, it should ship
> with an errata kernel for i386 users as well. 
>
>
> > I've also not heard of anyone managing a working install image, if anyone
> > got it running, would they mind sharing? ;-)
>
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> It is in the install image for x86_64, when I get some spare cycles I will
> do an install image for i?86 with this kernel.

  Which sata chipsets are we looking for?  I've got a wide range of SI, 
ICH5, Promise, Highpoint, and God knows what else.  Other than a few 
wierd software raid SATA controllers, and one ebedded promise 
controllers it all works with the libata patches.

--
There is no such thing as obsolete hardware.
Merely hardware that other people don't want.
(The Second Rule of Hardware Acquisition)
Sam Flory  <sflory rackable com>