HPT302/302N IDE controller not working

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andyh

HPT302/302N IDE controller not working

Post by andyh »

Hi all,

I have a HighPoint HPT302/302N Rocket IDE controller card with 4 IDE drives on my system which currently does not work with Mint 6. I moved over from Debian a couple of days ago, where the card was functioning perfectly.

I've tried compiling the v1.2 OpenSource HPT302 driver against sources for the kernel versions below without success.

My current kernel version is 2.6.27-14-generic having tried 27-7 and 27-11 without any luck. The working Debian kernel was 2.6.26-6.
System Log Boot Message: wrote:Mar 28 05:28:07 mediamachine kernel: [ 3.786845] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APC1] enabled at IRQ 16
Mar 28 05:28:07 mediamachine kernel: [ 3.786852] pata_hpt37x 0000:01:06.0: PCI INT A -> Link[APC1] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
Mar 28 05:28:07 mediamachine kernel: [ 3.787499] pata_hpt37x 0000:01:06.0: PCI INT A disabled
Any ideas/suggestions would be appreciated.
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Fred

Re: HPT302/302N IDE controller not working

Post by Fred »

andyh,

I have always had pretty good luck with the High Point hardware RAID controllers. Since the kernel version has changed, are you sure you have the correct driver module? There are a lot of them out there. I would try Googling for a loadable module for the Ubuntu kernel and see where that takes you.

Fred
andyh

Re: HPT302/302N IDE controller not working

Post by andyh »

This is the first time I've had trouble with the HighPoint cards in Linux, Fred. They've been well supported up until now.

I've Googled further on the subject. It appears that the pata_hpt37x module is supposed to support the HTP302/302N card, but from what I've read a number of Ubuntu users who upgraded from Hardy to Intrepid have experienced the same problem. The pata_hpt37x driver modules in kernel 2.6.27 don't work for their boards and the pata_hpt366 (supports 302 in previous kernels) module isn't properly enabled in the kernel according the support responses.

That said, I've been trying to force the htp366 driver to load instead of the 37x version to see if there's any change. I've added the 37x driver to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist and the 366 version to /etc/modules and the 37x driver is still loading. Any ideas as to what I'm missing?

If this doesn't work, it looks like I might have to compile a 2.6.28 kernel, as reports are the driver is working in that version! :roll:
andyh

Re: HPT302/302N IDE controller not working

Post by andyh »

Success! ....well sort of....

There is a precompiled 2.6.29 kernel floating around on the Ubuntu forums with a limited driver set which I downloaded and install. The graphics drivers weren't cutting it and wifi was off, but the HighPoint HPT302 support is back! Now I know that building my own kernel will be the only way out of this mess.... unless the Mint people are reading this and get a new one out.
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