Silicon Image 3112 and 2.6.x kernels

From: Jonathan Cavolet (fourthirtysix_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 05/28/04 

Date: 28 May 2004 13:41:49 -0700

I'm trying to get some SATA hard drives working under the 2.6.x series
kernel and having no luck after several weeks. Apparantly Silicon
Image has released closed source drivers for SuSE and some other
distros, but how can I get these drives to work under debian /
knoppix?

I have tried using the Knoppix 3.4 05/17 release and I get a repeated
"Disabling IRQ #18" message on boot. Later, when I try to mount the
drive, it can't read the superblock. I would go ahead and use the
Debian installer beta4 with 2.6 kernel option on this computer but I'm
not sure whether this has the appropriate drivers.

Has anyone had success mounting SATA drives using Silicon Image 3112
on Debian 2.6.x kernels?

Setup follows:
Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe mobo
1 Western Digital IDE hard drive (/dev/hda)
2 Western Digital SATA hard drives (/dev/hde /dev/hdg)

I have seen a number of drivers mentioned, but am a bit confused as to
which to use or how to ge them: sata_sil,libata and sii3112 or
sil3112. I'm not experienced at building kernels but have enough
know-how to add a module if I could find the appropriate one!

Thanks for any help

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