[wellylug] SATA with Linux

[Pete Black]

As for setting it up in the kernel you simply need to enable SiI SATA 
support which is under SCSI low level drivers from memory.

SATA drives show up as scsi disks if they are using libata (new, 
SATA-supporting IDE layer), however there is also old IDE code that 
supports some SATA controllers which should be turned off, or you will 
probably experience issues (I experienced massive data corruption back 
in the 2.6.3 days)

-Pete

> My motherboard has an onboard SiI3112 and it works fine running 
> 2x120GB seagate SATA disks, although it hangs completely when it is 
> ripping DVDs (or doing any significant IDE I/O) which i suspect is an 
> interaction between the SATA driver and the IDE driver than runs the 
> DVD drive.
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> So the controller should work, but I don't think it is considered 
> 'stable' by the SATA maintainer yet.
>
> If I was going to build another linux box i wouldnt bother with SATA.
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> -Pete
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>> I am running Gentoo with kernel 2.6.11-gentoo-r6 and want to add an SATA
>> controller and drive(s) to my PC (as I am out of IDE interfaces!).
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>> The SATA controller I am looking at is the Sunix SATA2000, which uses a
>> Silicon Image Sil3112a chipset (Silicon Image SataLink Sil3112CT144
>> according to http://www.elx.com.au/item/elsPCI-SATA-2P).
>>
>> Can anyone tell me if this particular controller will work and where 
>> I can
>> find relevant information on setting it up in the Kernel.
>>
>> Cheers and TIA
>>
>> Jamie
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