Please keep the old IDE chipset drivers so that external CD writers can work

[Rick Knight]

Wenzhuo Zhang wrote:
> Rick Knight wrote:
>
>   
>> I downloaded the Kubuntu 8.04 Desktop CD ISO, burned the ISO and booted.
>> It DOES install my hard drives as /dev/hd devices, not /dev/sd and I can
>> access them without any problem, so whatever is causing my problem with
>> Gutsy, has been fixed in Hardy. Also, I think tells me my Via controller
>> is not compatible with libata.
>>     
>
> In Feisty and Gutsy kernels, the IDE driver via82cxxx is the only driver
> that supports VIA_82C586_1(1106:0571), and the new libata based driver
> pata_via is not enabled. So the Gutsy problem you experienced is probably
> a regression of via82cxxx driver introduced in linux-image-2.6.22.
>
> Starting from linux-image-2.6.24-13.23, via82cxxx is disabled in favor
> of pata_via. Kubuntu 8.04 beta CD ships with 2.6.24-12, which includes
> both via82cxxx and pata_via. Judging from the fact your drives are
> recognized as /dev/hd?, via82cxxx is loaded first, which means the
> via82cxxx issue has been fixed in 2.6.24-12.
>
> You may want to download and install all the hardy updates up-to-date
> using Update Manager. linux-image-2.6.25-15-generic will be installed
> in the update process. Be sure to remove the IDE drivers you added to
> /etc/initramfs-tools/modules before starting to update. You'll then find
> out whether pata_via is working properly for VIA_82C586_1. If it does
> not work for you, you can file another bug report.
>
> Wenzhuo
>   
Wenzhuo,

I'm not sure I follow you here. Are you suggesting I upgrade to the 
Hardy beta, or just set my repositories to Hardy and update. Won't that 
be an upgrade? How stable is Hardy. I know the code freeze is this week, 
but is it safe to upgrade to Hardy?

Also, I rebuilt the Gutsy kernel to add support for the pata_via module, 
but that didn't help, I still can't boot into the Gutsy kernel.

Thanks,
Rick