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Date:      Thu, 19 Feb 2009 11:31:37 -0800
From:      Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org>
To:        hartzell@alerce.com
Cc:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: help generating good id string for ATA id fix (Via VB8001)
Message-ID:  <499DB399.4000604@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <18845.41728.753753.864779@almost.alerce.com>
References:  <18845.41728.753753.864779@almost.alerce.com>

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George Hartzell wrote:
> I have a Via VB8001 running -CURRENT.  The disk controllers aren't
> recognized and end up running in UDMA33.
> 
> The following patches to things under /usr/src/sys/dev/ata recognize
> my drives as SATA300.
> 
> I don't know how to figure out what id strings to use though,
> everything I've found about the board claims that the chip is a 8237S,
> which is already used.  Clearly calling it the GH is a hack.
> 
> How can I track down the correct info so that I can submit a useful
> PR?

Why does it matter so much? Call it ATA_VIA8237S_1 or ATA_VIA8237S_5372 
for example, this is definitely not the first time in history when 
vendor use different PCI Id for the different silicon revisions of the 
same part.

-Maxim



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