More Garzik and the libata (SATA) BLAH committee

[raxet]

Jesse Keating wrote:

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>On Saturday 14 February 2004 11:54, raxet wrote:
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>>Still doesn't work. Built the 2.6.2-1.79custom kernel, made a driver
>>diskette to use with FC2 test 1 install.
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>>Nada.
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>>No workee using the same procedure ( see
>>http://www.fys.ku.dk/~esban/promise376.html ) tried and tested since
>>RH9, FC1 etc.
>>So I suggest you all go soak your heads <just kidding>.
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>If your module was built with the version tag of "custom" at the end, it 
>will not work.  Load the BOOT config from configs/  edit Makefile to be 
>"2.6.2-1.79BOOT" and then build your module/driver disk.
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I can appreciate your approach, but wouldn't it have been much simpler 
to just add
the PROMISE support into the FC2 test 1 hardware detect phase on CD 1? I 
think
so. I don't understand why this got bumped to begin with. Libata support 
had been
thoroughly tested and worked for many of us way before FC2 test 1 was 
released.
Back in October to be exact.

Could you perhaps help me understand why the custom driver which boots 
with sata
support couldn't be incorporated in this attempt to get FC2 test 1 to 
detect a drive. I get
to the point of going to Disk Druid (after the detection of an earlier 
FC install failed)
and when I go "Next" I get the message :
"An error occured, no valid devices were found on which to create new 
file system.
Please check your hardware for the cause of this problem."

Is esban's http://www.fys.ku.dk/~esban/promise376.html page an 
inappropriate work around
for this?

Thanks for your help.

RaXeT