Getting eSATA to work

[Sarunas Burdulis]

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Craig Jackson wrote:
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>> From: ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com 
>> [mailto:ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of 
>> Sarunas Burdulis
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 9:22 AM
>> To: Ubuntu user technical support,not for general discussions
>> Subject: Re: Getting eSATA to work
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>> Craig Jackson wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I need help getting this to work. System is Ubuntu Breezy. 
>> The eSATA 
>>> PCI card is Norco 4618 which is Silicon Image 3124.
>>>
>>> The kernel is 2.6 with Silicon Image support.
>>>
>>> If I run lspci the output is
>>> 0000:00:0b.0 Unknown mass storage controller: Silicon Image, Inc.
>>> (formerly CMD Technology Inc): Unknown device 3124 (rev 02)
>> Did you run update-pciids?
>>
>>> If I run lsmod the output is
>>> libata                 52744  2 sata_sil,sata_via
>>> scsi_mod              143984  1 libata
>>> sata_sil               11268  0
>>>
>> You may need to load sata_sil24 kernel module. sata_sil is 
>> for Silicon Image 3112/3114.
>>
>> Sarunas
> 
> 
> Sarunas, Thanks for your accurate reply. I know that if I upgrade to
> Edgy, the sata_sil24 is available. But in Dapper it is not.
> Unfortunately, the computer is Dapper. How do I install this sata_sil24
> driver in Dapper. Are you aware of a Linux/Ubuntu driver install? I have
> searched quite a lot, but find nothing on how to do this.
> 
> Thanks,
> Craig
> 
As far as I'm aware sata_sil24.ko is available in Dapper kernels. You
can do

apt-file search sata_sil24.ko,

which will show which kernel packages have this module. In my case (with
Dapper sources) it returns:

# apt-file search sata_sil24.ko
linux-image-2.6.15-22-386:
lib/modules/2.6.15-22-386/kernel/drivers/scsi/sata_sil24.ko
linux-image-2.6.15-22-686:
lib/modules/2.6.15-22-686/kernel/drivers/scsi/sata_sil24.ko
linux-image-2.6.15-22-k7:
lib/modules/2.6.15-22-k7/kernel/drivers/scsi/sata_sil24.ko
linux-image-2.6.15-22-server:
lib/modules/2.6.15-22-server/kernel/drivers/scsi/sata_sil24.ko
linux-image-2.6.15-22-server-bigiron:
lib/modules/2.6.15-22-server-bigiron/kernel/drivers/scsi/sata_sil24.ko

I don't know if it's available on Breezy, maybe from backports?

Sarunas
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