Filipe Brandenburger wrote: > Hi, > > I have an Adaptec eSATA card, model 1225SA: > http://www.adaptec.com/en-US/products/Controllers/Hardware/sata/entry/AAR-1225SA/ > > Although the chipset is sata_sil24, it is not recognized by default by > the kernel because its PCI ID is different than the ones recognized by > this driver on the CentOS kernel. The driver recognizes PCI IDs such > as 0x3132, 0x0242, 0x3131, but not 0x0244, which is the one this card > has. > > I found out that it works with the latest kernel, and that the patch > to make it work only adds the 0x0244 PCI ID to the list of IDs > recognized by the sata_sil24 driver. Here is the patch: > http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=464b3286b4aa459059c6fda85ba55185fd21d9fc;hp=70a3143af87c6ca188107cbd49ab5eec2c86c456 > > Following the instructions on the Wiki, I built a custom kernel based > on the CentOS Plus kernel, but adding this patch. The adapter worked > as expected with that kernel. > > So I ask: Would it be possible to incorporate this patch to the > default set of patches applied on the CentOS Plus kernel? I would > really appreciate it since that would make it easier for me to keep > updated without worrying about the card. > You picked a good day to ask, I am getting ready to build the new plus kernel for c5 right now :D I will put that patch in there too if it applies cleanly for me. Thanks, Johnny Hughes -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 251 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20081001/e38ffeab/attachment-0004.sig>