Re: IDE Disk Controllers: Natively supported / detecting them ....
jim biri,
> BUT: What do I do when I've got such a compatible card? Just plug it
> in? Will Linux just work, and just see the card and any IDE drives
> attached to it? Or do I have to run some scripts first - if so what
> scripts?
> This last bit is the last bit of info I'm really after.
When you plug in the card, linux'll probably not do anything, since your
kernel might not have the modules needed loaded into it. In which case
you should do
modprobe "module_name"
depending on which car you've got (and which kernel you've got).
For instance:
modprobde pdc202xx_new
(if you go for a promise-card (see, I managed to get it right this
time))
should result in something like this in your dmesg:
PDC20268: chipset revision 2
PDC20268: 100% native mode on irq 10
ide2: BM-DMA at 0x8400-0x8407, BIOS settings: hde:pio, hdf:pio
ide3: BM-DMA at 0x8408-0x840f, BIOS settings: hdg:pio, hdh:pio
Probing IDE interface ide2...
hde: Maxtor 6Y200P0, ATA DISK drive
ide2 at 0x9800-0x9807,0x9402 on irq 10
Probing IDE interface ide3...
hdg: Maxtor 6Y200P0, ATA DISK drive
ide3 at 0x9000-0x9007,0x8802 on irq 10
PDC20268: IDE controller at PCI slot 0000:00:0c.0
Your drives should pop up alongside the controller (as the interface to
them is the controllers task and not the kernel).
--
regards,
Christopher Pharo Glæserud
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