Promise ATA 100 does.
2.2.17-21mdksmp
On Mon, 16 Oct 2000, you wrote:
> Same thing happens with me. When the 2.1.17 kernel boots, it hangs when it
> tries to display the geometry of hde. Kernel 2.2.16 worked fine.
>
> Stratos Laspas
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jason Shupe
> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2000 1:27 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [Cooker] Promise ATA-66 doesn't work with RC1
>
>
> I was attempting to manually upgrade the kernel from 2.2.16-10mdk to
> 2.2.17-21mdk.
>
> my promise ultra 66 is used for ide buses 2 and 3. I use the built in
> ide for ide buses 0 and 1.
>
> I went on to further discover that it's a systemic problem with RC1 and
> the promise 66 card.
>
> --
>
> In 2.2.16-10mdk I append this:
>
> ide2=0xc400,0xc800 ide3=0xcc00,0xd000
>
> Which get's displayed like this during boot:
>
> ide2 at 0xc400-0xc407,0xc800 at irq 15
> ide3 at 0xcc00-0xcc07,0xd000 at irq 15
>
> but with 2.2.17-21mdk or the rc1 boot floppy when it auto probes it thinks
> its here: (c802 instead of c800, and d002 instead of d000)
>
> ide2 at 0xc400-0xc407,0xc802 at irq 15
> ide3 at 0xcc00-0xcc07,0xd002 at irq 15
>
> And the boot hangs at the disk geometry section after displaying the
> geometry for hda which is on ide0.
>
> but if I hit F1 and type in:
>
> linux ide2=0xc400,0xc800 ide3=0xcc00,0xd000
>
> or
>
> expert ide2=0xc400,0xc800 ide3=0xcc00,0xd000
>
> It displays these settings:
>
> ide2 at 0xc400-0xc407,0xc800 at irq 15
> ide3 at 0xcc00-0xcc07,0xd000 at irq 15
>
> And it gets to the partition check before it hangs...
>
> Also the above has been appended to bugzilla bug #525.
