Why standard Centos 5.2 kernel does not have a module "pata_via." I
have an old motherboard and IDE drive. The standard kernel does not
work. Kernel include a module "pata_via" only in centosplus. It is a
bug?
_______________________________________________
CentOS mailing list
CentOS@centos.org
http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Why standard Centos 5.2 kernel does not have a module "pata_via." I
have an old motherboard and IDE drive. The standard kernel does not
work. Kernel include a module "pata_via" only in centosplus. It is a
bug?
_______________________________________________
CentOS mailing list
CentOS@centos.org
http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Grzesiek wrote on Sat, 28 Jun 2008 15:21:14 +0200:

> Why standard Centos 5.2 kernel does not have a module "pata_via." I
> have an old motherboard and IDE drive.

FYI: I just upgraded a machine with old motherboard (VIA KT400 chipset),
Athlon XP and IDE drives with no problems and no pata_via driver present.
And, yes, your first message made it to the list.

Kai

--
Kai Schätzl, Berlin, Germany
Get your web at Conactive Internet Services: http://www.conactive.com



_______________________________________________
CentOS mailing list
CentOS@centos.org
http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 6:21 AM, Grzesiek <grz3chu@gmail.com> wrote:
> Why standard Centos 5.2 kernel does not have a module "pata_via." I
> have an old motherboard and IDE drive. The standard kernel does not
> work. Kernel include a module "pata_via" only in centosplus. It is a
> bug?

pata_via is not enabled in the upstream kernel, not just 5.2 but in
earlier versions as well. It is the upstream' decision. CentOS users
are fortunate because Johnny Hughes offers the centosplus kernel in
which a number of modules are turned on to provide wider hardware
support.

Akemi
_______________________________________________
CentOS mailing list
CentOS@centos.org
http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos