Re: 2.4.19-rc3 incorrectly detects PDC20276 in ATA mode as raid

Marcelo Tosatti (marcelo@conectiva.com.br)
Tue, 23 Jul 2002 19:29:49 -0300 (BRT)


Set CONFIG_PDC202XX_FORCE on.

On Tue, 23 Jul 2002, Daniel Tschan wrote:

> Hi
>
> Kernel 2.4.19-rc3 introduces a new bug regarding the Promise PDC20276
> controller. One of my machines has a Gigabyte GA-8IRXP Motherboard with an
> onboard Promise PDC20276. The controller can either be run in RAID or in
> ATA mode. I operate it in ATA mode. Kernel 2.4.19-rc3 now incorrectly
> skips IDE initialization of the PDC20276 because it thinks it's a RAID
> controller which results in a kernel panic (the root filesystem is on a
> harddisk connected to the Promise controller). It outputs a message like
> this before it panics: PDC20276: Skipping RAID controller. This worked
> correctly in 2.4.19-rc2.
>
> Regards
> Daniel
>
>
>
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