Promise ultra ATA 133 controller

[Sean]

You don't _need_ a 133 controller to run the drive, it will run at the
ata66 spec, it defeats the purpose of getting that fast of drive though..

According to this page I found you can run 2 devices without a driver, you
will need a driver which may not be written yet to have 4 devices on it.
and they have support in the kernel for their hacks.
http://www.pnd-pc.demon.co.uk/promise/promise.html

On Sun, 13 Jan 2002, Don Chorman wrote:

> Hello,
>         I am contemplating getting a new ATA133 hard drive.  However, I
> would have to use an add on controller, since my mobo only supports ATA66.
> According to Promise's data sheet, Linux is listed as supported.
>     As of now, I don't have Linux on this machine, but I plan on installing
> Suse 7.3 in the near future. I went to Suse's website, and the 133
> controller is not listed in the supported hw database (the 100 is). I am
> nervous about buying this HD/Controller setup because it is not listed in
> the supported hw database.
>     I also googled around, and found that some folks could get the
> controllers working by re-compiling the kernel with the added support. I
> have no experience with re-compiling the kernel, and I am afraid that I
> would not even get Suse to install, if it "didn't like" the controller.
>     Is it possible to add the support for this card during an install (if
> Suse didn't recognize it)? I'm assuming that a driver disk would accompany
> the controller.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Don
>
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