Howto: Jmicron controller(P-ATA and SATA).

[Snoozz]

Since I've spent several hours figuring out this “damn” controller and which sources work flawless on it (thereby spending a lot of time on these forums, I might add :p), I thought: “Let's make a 'guide' for the people that are new or those who didn't figure it out yet.

The specs of my set-up:
Intel Core 2 Duo Conroe E6600@3ghz
G.Skill F2-6400PHU2-2GBHZ, 2048 MB, DDR2, PC6400, 800 MHz, 2 x
Asus p5b deluxe
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10, 320 GB, 7200 rpm, 16 MB, Serial ATA300 (connected to the ICH8R controller, NOT the Jmicron sata port)
BENQ DVD DC DW1670 (revision: 103). (connected to the Jmicron P-ATA bus)

What did I do in the bios?
Jmicron controller: AHCI
Normal Sata (ICH8R) also AHCI

Which livecd did I use?
Small gentoo live cd
You can find it here.

Which sources did(do) I use
Right now, I'm very happy about the latest morph sources (morph10), you can find them here.

But I think that all sources from 2.6.19 work fine . You can find a thread with other working sources here

What did I compile in the kernel
I'm only going to give the options to get the jmicron controller working, the rest of the options are up to you (you can always pm me if you have a specific question.

[Clapper]

Can you elaborate on this part, a bit:

[Sudrien]

[Clapper]

[Snoozz]

yeah no, I also have a sata Jmicron port (on the P5B deluxe ).

So I have 6 ICH8R, and 1 jmicron sata port (do NOT ask me why :p).

grtz

[Clapper]

Thanks for the clarification.

If I run "make menuconfig", and see the options you describe, above, can I assume that the kernel fully supports the Jmicron?

I'm using linux-2.6.19-ck2-r3, which, I haven't seen listed by others as specifically has having support.

I am hoping to rebuild the kernel, on the machine I am currently using, with the kernel options you mentioned, and then boot my current installation up on a new computer with a GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 LGA 775.

[Snoozz]

So, You're compiling the kernel before you get the motherboard, am I right?

As long as you keep the settings for the motherboard you have now, you should be able to compile the options that I gave and just switch the motherboard later on (keep in mind that other options could change, like on-board audio or usb ports).

The morph sources I use also aren't mentioned in that post, but like I said, normally al kernels from 2.6.19-RC* should have jmicron support .

Good luck !

*EDIT*

If you (for the motherboard you have now) have anything enabled in the "ATA/ATAPI/MFM/RLL support -->" section. You can leave it on for now, but when you change your motherboard, run genkernel or menuconfig again when you're booted and make sure you disable it completely (else it will take control of your DVD drive and that is something you don't want ).

[benjordan06]

thank you for consolidating this information... i have been scavenging the forums as well for this stuff



however, using the KoT amd_64 r6 live cd, and genkernel --menuconfig all, i do not have the option of Jmicron support under SCSI devices anywhere... i found the rest

did i do something wrong?

[mesch.t]

[kernelOfTruth]

[MrMoustache]

I got the 2006.1 live CD to install on my Gigabyte GA-965-DS3 by adding the "all-generic-ide=1" switch when I booted the CD. I'm new at this- don't know if that has caused any side effects to my installation though.

[Clapper]

[teapot]

great howto!

I might add some confusion , but there are actually sata-ports controlled by the Jmicron controller.
At least on my Abit AB9 motherboard. I use them , because when I bought my computer in October , the ICH8 drivers were
not working to a very great extent.

If you run into trouble , look in your manual for jmicron sata-ports.

They are supposed to handle Raid as well.

[NeddySeagoon]

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