Lo there,
I've recently updated to the 2.4.22-1.2115.nptl kernel for fedora core 1 ,I've a Abit KV7 motherboard. Athlon (Duron) processor.
Basicly I've been waiting for a bia of VIA SATA (Southbridge 8237) support and thought I might be there.
When the kernel boots it detects the controler and gives the following output:-
libata version 0.81 loaded.
sata_via version 0.11
ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x9000 ctl 0x9402 bmdma 0xA000 irq 11
ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x9800 ctl 0x9C02 bmdma 0xA008 irq 11
ata1: dev 0 cfg 49:2f00 82:7c6b 83:7b09 84:4003 85:7c69 86:3a01 87:4003 88:407f
ata1: dev 0 ATA, max UDMA/133, 160086528 sectors
ata1: dev 0 configured for UDMA/133
ATA: abnormal status 0x7F on port 0x9807
ata2: thread exiting
scsi1 : sata_via
scsi2 : sata_via
Vendor: ATA Model: Maxtor 6Y080M0 Rev: 0.81
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 05
Attached scsi disk sda at scsi1, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
SCSI device sda: 160086528 512-byte hdwr sectors (81964 MB)
sda: sda1
ata1: thread exiting
scsi : 1 host left.
libata version 0.81 loaded.
sata_via version 0.11
ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x9000 ctl 0x9402 bmdma 0xA000 irq 11
ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x9800 ctl 0x9C02 bmdma 0xA008 irq 11
ata1: dev 0 cfg 49:2f00 82:7c6b 83:7b09 84:4003 85:7c69 86:3a01 87:4003 88:407f
ata1: dev 0 ATA, max UDMA/133, 160086528 sectors
ata1: dev 0 configured for UDMA/133
ATA: abnormal status 0x7F on port 0x9807
ata2: thread exiting
scsi1 : sata_via
scsi2 : sata_via
Vendor: ATA Model: Maxtor 6Y080M0 Rev: 0.81
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 05
Attached scsi disk sda at scsi1, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
SCSI device sda: 160086528 512-byte hdwr sectors (81964 MB)
sda: sda1
ata1: thread exiting
scsi : 1 host left.
However even though Its clearly identifed the serial ata bus and the Maxtor disk I can't access the assigned scsi device.
As root I get unable to open any of the disk utilities (fdisk/parted etc.).
Anyone have any ideas?
Regards Simon
