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AceOfAces_TS
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Does this patch work with 2.6.11?
[Edit] Well It patches without errors now to see if it boots [/Edit]
[Edit2] Everything seems to work, no problems at all [/Edit2]
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wolfbite_aus
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| Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 10:27 am Post subject: no more onboad devices :( |
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| wolfbite_aus wrote: | I'm holding off raid at the moment (reliability over speed) until my next major upgrade (or new box 
also all those drives
hopefully everything will be worked out to a standard module by then. |
Well I decided it was time to give the raid option a try
the ata or pass through mode has always worked in most kernels since 2.6.7
so far the the speed increase has gone org hdparm 46 to only 56 
far as i'm concerned, thats not enough speed increase over reliability
(also I have found onboard sound suxs compared to add in card, and onboard video suxs tooooo
the rest of the boards are usually very good (current ga-7n400 pro 2) last 2 boards where epox& winfast nforce boards too)
CANT upgrade the ITE 8212 bios (tried, and its mentioned on google too)
so looks like I should of waited for the next board
Going back to ata mode (works and I'm running 4 hd, 1 cd, 1dvd soo need the extra ide's)
has anyone else managed to get raid going (WITH THIS BOARD) and better speed? |
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221175l32226
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| Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 8:36 am Post subject: pass through mode? |
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So I'm finally running ac-sources and the controller gets recognized fine and I can acces my drives 
Still I get those funny error messages
| Code: | ide: failed opcode was: unknown
hdg: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdg: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC } |
apparently it always tries to run in smart mode, which I don't want to use (software raid5 instead). So how do I set it to run in pass through mode??? Do I need special kernel parameters? |
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Tarch
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| Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 10:06 pm Post subject: |
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Hi all,
I have GA-7N400 Pro2 motherboard, I have tried to install gentoo 2005.0 but the kernel doesn't include drivers for the raid controller (so I cannot view disks and consequently install system) someone have ideas?
Bye!
P.S. Sorry for my english! |
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carpman
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| Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2005 2:00 pm Post subject: |
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I did have MB with ITE but have now passed it on because of this, not too bad once you get it running until you need to boot from livecd for some sort of repair to system.
As to your question how to install, stick an old drive on one of the normail ide channels and then do the install, stage 1/3 is my fav method, make sure you use mm-source kernel as this driver already in it.
Once basic install is done boot to new systema and you will be able to see drives/raid array on ITE, do partions and then copy over the exiting install editing fstab, grub etc to new drive setup. now shutdown and disconenct ide drive so just left with ITE and reboot.
I would make sure you have grub boot disk just in case you got drive id wrong, double check you fstab taking into acount that when normal ide drive is install it will affect how ITE drives appear to grub and system (fstab), the mm-source show ITE drives as hda but if you try ITE driver it show them as sda, don't think ITE driver works with new kernel so would advice mm-sources for now.
That should get you up and running but in the long term a livecd with ITE support is a must in case of system down time.
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VinnieNZ
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| Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 9:25 pm Post subject: |
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I can confrim that the below patch works faultlessly for me on Gentoo patched kernel's 2.6.11 up to version r6 at the moment (am just compiling r7 now).
As already posted, this is found in a French thread about the same driver:
http://faustgentoo.free.fr/Patch/IT821X_AC9_2.6.11-gentoo-r4.patch
For non-french speakers -
Make sure your /usr/src/linux points at the right kernel version then copy the above patch into /usr/src/linux
cd into /usr/src/linux and type the below:
| Code: | | patch -p1 < IT821X_AC9_2.6.11-gentoo-r4.patch |
Enable the driver under Device Drivers > ATA/ATAPI/MFM/RLL Support > Generic PCI bus-master DMA support > IT821X IDE support
ITE Driver should now work in ATA only mode. |
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amigabill
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| Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 2:35 am Post subject: |
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| VinnieNZ wrote: | I can confrim that the below patch works faultlessly for me on Gentoo patched kernel's 2.6.11 up to version r6 at the moment (am just compiling r7 now).
As already posted, this is found in a French thread about the same driver:
http://faustgentoo.free.fr/Patch/IT821X_AC9_2.6.11-gentoo-r4.patch
For non-french speakers -
Make sure your /usr/src/linux points at the right kernel version then copy the above patch into /usr/src/linux
cd into /usr/src/linux and type the below:
| Code: | | patch -p1 < IT821X_AC9_2.6.11-gentoo-r4.patch |
Enable the driver under Device Drivers > ATA/ATAPI/MFM/RLL Support > Generic PCI bus-master DMA support > IT821X IDE support
ITE Driver should now work in ATA only mode. |
Using 2.6.11-r9 the patch seems to hang. Any updates for this? When should we expect to see this in the main kernel tree, as is indicated will happen at http://www.passys.nl/tips/ite_kernel_image_compile.txt
I'm having difficulty getting my 4 IDE devices to reach with the cables I have all on IDE1/2 in my Ahanix case. I must have boot HD on prinary and CD on secondary, and put my other 2 HDs on the Gigabyte on-board IT8212 ports as standard ATA, not RAID. |
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peegee
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gschneider
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| Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 10:26 am Post subject: |
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Well, I've tested this driver with a lot of kernels by now.
linux-2.6.10-ac12
linux-2.6.11-ac1
linux-2.6.11-gentoo-r11 (with patch above)
linux-2.6.12-rc1-love1
Everywhere I have the same problem.
When I compile it directly into the kernel it works fine (recognizing my already existing raid) but it assigns hda to it.
When I compile it as a module, as soon as I load it my computer locks up completely.
Last output from /var/log/messages (via tail on a ssh shell):
| Quote: | Jun 22 12:21:06 xxiii IT8212: IDE controller at PCI slot 0000:00:08.0
Jun 22 12:21:06 xxiii ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:08.0[A] -> Link [LNKA] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
Jun 22 12:21:06 xxiii IT8212: chipset revision 16
Jun 22 12:21:06 xxiii it821x: controller in smart mode.
Jun 22 12:21:06 xxiii IT8212: 100% native mode on irq 11
Jun 22 12:21:06 xxiii ide2: BM-DMA at 0xd000-0xd007, BIOS settings: hde:pio, hdf:pio
Jun 22 12:21:06 xxiii ide3: BM-DMA at 0xd008-0xd00f, BIOS settings: hdg:pio, hdh:pio
Jun 22 12:21:06 xxiii Probing IDE interface ide2... |
The last kernel I had this raid controller running fine with was 2.6.7 (love-sources too IIRC) with the original kernel module from the manufacturer.
Am I the only one having troubles with it?
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monohouse
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| Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 4:29 am Post subject: |
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| what version of the livecd has ITE support ? and/or 2.4 kernel ? |
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