Elias Rajczyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BHARATHWAJ MUTHUSWAMY [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 7:26 PM
> To: Elias Rajczyk
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: Question about LinuxBios
>
> Hi Bharath, attached the two listings. We removed the forced pci memory
> setting so the kernel just finds hda as non-ide. My system is a 440bx with
> compact flash.
> Anyone any hints ?
Hmm. This looks like an enable bit hasn't been set for your ide controller.
I don't remember exactly what that is but...
I would expect to see something like:
Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 6.31
ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
PIIX4: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 21
PIIX4: chipset revision 1
PIIX4: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
ide0: BM-DMA at 0xd800-0xd807, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio
ide1: BM-DMA at 0xd808-0xd80f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:pio
Having it say you have a non-ide hard disk is linux way of saying,
I don't see it but you are the boss and I'm trusting you...
These also are lead to that hunch.
> ALTSTATUS_REG=0xff, STATUS_REG=0xff
> ALTSTATUS_REG=0xff, STATUS_REG=0xff
Unless your boot is very fast you shouldn't need to tell the kernel
anything. With a fast boot you need to tell it something so it waits
for your ide drives. But the reset button also solves that problem.
Eric
