Re: amd_64 SATA status question

[Mark <mark harddata com>]

On March 11, 2004 09:39 am, "Justin M. Forbes" <64bit_fedora comcast net> 
wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 11:29:06AM -0500, Doug Stewart wrote:
> > Has anyone had any contact with Silicon Image re: support for their
> > chipsets under Linux?  Is there any indication why they have been so
> > slow to either release drivers or open the spec?
>
> I know jgarzik has been working with it, but I dont know where it falls on
> his priority list, or what information he has been given from Sil.

The Silicon Image Driver (not Jeff Garzik's Libata driver) can be patched 
against the redhat kernel and works. Last I heard Jeff was still listing 3114 
support as beta in his Libata driver under 2.6.3.

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