Silicon SATA Support for 2.6.10

[idiotbox9]

Ok before I ask my question I just want to say thanks to all the people who participate in this forum. I started my first venture into Linux just a few months ago, and with the help of this forum I've learned quite a lot (without even making a post).

Ok, I was compiling the 2.6.10 kernel when I ran into a snag when I did "make install." At the end of the output it told me that it could not find module SATA_SIL in kernel 2.6.10. So when I reboot it can't find my hard drives and I get a kernel panic. I have the Silicon 3112 SATA controller and it works fine in kernel 2.6.9. I looked around the forum and couldn't seem to find a solution to the problem. I'v tried recompiling several times with the same result. So now I'm at a point where I don't know what to do.

[idiotbox9]

I just finished trying to recompile my 2.6.9 kernel and it is doing the same thing as well. So I guess there is something in there that I'm missing.

[gabolander]

If you do:
- make menuconfig
- select "Device Driver" and then "ATA/ATAPI/MFM/RLL support".
- check the entry "Support for SATA (deprecated; conflicts with libata SATA driver)"
- do "make && make install"
now and later your kernel will detect your sata drive(s) as hdg and hde, and system boots up properly.

I wonder why kernel guys didn't realize yet that only Sata SIL driver (in 2.6.7 and later versions) is not enough for make the system detect sata disks on Silicon Image 3112 on a deluxe asus card.

Best,
Gabolander