Which PCI IDE Controller is good for linux?

cma019

i wanted to boot linux server from a 40GB PATA connected to PCI IDE controller.
I tried a ITE8212 pci ide controller with Debian but no luck
it can boot up but after a few lines it says hdd not found.
....and i got heaps of errors when using ubuntu
are there any recommendation of choosing another ide controller or are there any update patches to patch the linux kernel for better compatibility?
Thanks

foobar

A simple google search shows that the ite8212 support has been in the mainline kernel even back in 2004.  Another simple search in my own Debian installation shows that the ite821x module is available (which I guess includes the support of ite8212 chip).  Maybe you could attach the dmesg output so that we can see if that driver is properly initialized?

BTW, I personally have used PCI IDE with HighPoint chipset in the old days.  Worked fine for me in a software RAID (Linux's md, not the card's) setup.

[ 本帖最後由 foobar 於 2008-11-15 14:51 編輯 ]

cma019

i'm already done some searching beforehand and i knew that ite8212 should be supported but i just can't get it to work for some reason
maybe i'll keep trying then
thanks

foobar

Yeah, at least having it detected under Ubuntu means the driver should have been properly loaded.

BTW, you said you got heaps of errors when using Ubuntu, was it because there were errors on that HDD instead of the controller / controller driver?  Coz a 40GB PATA seems a bit old to me and may not be in its best condition?   Or are you running the PCI bus faster than 33MHz (Some PCI cards might not be able to handle it).