RE: libata update?

["Erik Ohrnberger" <Erik@echohome.org>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Hancock [mailto:hancockr@shaw.ca] 
> Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2006 10:52 AM
> To: erik@echohome.org
> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: libata update?
> 
> Erik Ohrnberger wrote:
> > It's been a number of months since I build a custom kernel with the 
> > libata incorporated to deal with multiple Promise EIDE controller 
> > card's 'DMA Expiry' errors.
> > 
> > I'd like to re-build basically the same thing with an 
> updated kernel 
> > and updates libata.  Could someone point me into the right 
> direction 
> > to achieve this?
> > 
> > Thanks in advance
> > Erik.
> 
> All of the PATA stuff was merged in 2.6.19, if you want the 
> very latest and greatest you can try the -mm tree..
> 
> -- 

Not to sound too dense or anything, but is there a HOWTO for this kernel to
enable the libata code?  

I've read through the Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt file, and seems
like all I have to do is include libata.atapi_enabled=1 combined_mode=libata
on the grub.conf line to enable it, but when I boot that kernel with that
option, I get an error message: 'Block device /dev/sda1 is not a valid root
device' and a 'boot() ::' prompt.

Thanks in advance,
	Erik.

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