Re: How to take precedence to libata (sata_sil) over siimage

[Milan Keršláger <milan kerslager pslib cz>]

On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 09:09:22PM +0200, Milan Keršláger wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I see sata_sil module inside new U3 kernel 2.4.21-20.EL but there is a
> problem with built-in siimage driver for my Sil 3112 PCI card.
> 
> Is there a way how to disable siimage inicialization or I have to
> recompile the kernel?

I recompiled the kernel without siimage and now I'm able to load
sata_sil to access the discs though libata.

But the question is still the same: how to avoid built-in siimage driver
to take control over the Silicon Image PCI card?


> When I plug SATA Sil card into the computer, it takes hda and hdc
> position and all other interfaceas are moved after them:
> 
> Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00beta4-2.4
> ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
> SiI3112 Serial ATA: IDE controller at PCI slot 00:07.0
> SiI3112 Serial ATA: chipset revision 2
> SiI3112 Serial ATA: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
>     ide0: MMIO-DMA , BIOS settings: hda:pio, hdb:pio
>     ide1: MMIO-DMA , BIOS settings: hdc:pio, hdd:pio
> VP_IDE: IDE controller at PCI slot 00:0f.1
> VP_IDE: chipset revision 6
> VP_IDE: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
> ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
> VP_IDE: VIA vt8237 (rev 00) IDE UDMA133 controller on pci00:0f.1
>     ide2: BM-DMA at 0xcc00-0xcc07, BIOS settings: hde:DMA, hdf:DMA
>     ide3: BM-DMA at 0xcc08-0xcc0f, BIOS settings: hdg:DMA, hdh:DMA
> hda: no response (status = 0xfe)
> hdc: ST3160023AS, ATA DISK drive
> hde: ST380011A, ATA DISK drive
> hdf: WDC WD400EB-00CPF0, ATA DISK drive
> hdg: WDC WD1200JB-00CRA1, ATA DISK drive
> hdh: ST3120026A, ATA DISK drive
> ide1 at 0xffffff00000150c0-0xffffff00000150c7,0xffffff00000150ca on irq 18
> ide2 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
> ide3 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
> 
> 
> I already made initrd image with libata, sata_sil and scsi_mod module
> but the drive already appear as IDE drive...
> 
> I tryed to play with hdc=??? and ide1=?? with no luck.

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