[U-Boot-Users] Boot direct on SATA drive

[sebastien.douheret]

I have a Intel 31244 (PCI-X to SATA).
This component supports 2 modes :  IDE or DPA (Direct Port
Access) and we use it in DPA.
It's work fine in DPA mode under Linux with driver Vitesse
(sata_vsc.c).
DPA mode seems to be like IDE unlike :
- access type (memory instead of i/o)
- registers offsets (4 independents ports instead of
Master/Slave config).

To boot with SII3112 in IDE mode, did you need to patch
cmd_ide or standard code works ? 


> Depends on the SATA disk controller. I've booted a SII3112
directly
> using the ATA driver sice that chip happens to have a IDE (PATA)
> compatability layer.
> Newer controllers use AHCI standard for the interface, and
needs a
> completely different driver.
> I ended up just booting the kernel image from FLASH instead....
> 

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