Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263150AbTFGL6G (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Jun 2003 07:58:06 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263163AbTFGL6G (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Jun 2003 07:58:06 -0400 Received: from mion.elka.pw.edu.pl ([194.29.160.35]:5780 "EHLO mion.elka.pw.edu.pl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263150AbTFGL6F (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Jun 2003 07:58:05 -0400 Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2003 14:11:14 +0200 (MET DST) From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz To: Alan Cox cc: Jurgen Kramer , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: Using SATA in PATA compatible mode? In-Reply-To: <1054947612.17190.32.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 997 Lines: 26 On 7 Jun 2003, Alan Cox wrote: > On Gwe, 2003-06-06 at 21:46, Jurgen Kramer wrote: > > I've read somewhere that the SATA controllers are backward compatible > > with PATA controllers. Does this mean that a SATA controller can be used > > with standard PATA drivers (especially the Intel ICH5)? > > I'm not totally sure about the status of the SATA on the Intel right > now. I was under the impression it was very similar to the PATA. > > For some of the others its a bit variable: > HPT some people report work some dont > Promise 20376 - Promise have a GPL driver but there are integration GPL driver from Promise?!!? > things to resolve (mostly our end not theirs) > SI 3112 - Now works well with almost all drives. > 3Ware SATA raid - works - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/