[Bug 119905] Re: piix migration to ata_piix breaks PATA: CRX880A

[Timothy R. Chavez]

** Changed in: somerville
   Importance: Undecided => High

** Changed in: somerville
       Status: New => Fix Released

** No longer affects: dell

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Title:
  piix migration to ata_piix breaks PATA: CRX880A

Status in The Somerville Project:
  Fix Released
Status in “casper” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “linux-source-2.6.22” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  With distributions (ie. Ubuntu's Gutsy Gibbon) now deprecating the 'piix' driver,
  we are forced to use the 'ata_piix' instead. This driver, however, does not work
  properly with Sony's CRX880A CD-ROM.

  This causes problems with certain Dell Lanai (Inspiron 1420) laptops, which
  come standard with this CD-ROM. The issue has been worked around by
  using the 'break=top' kernel directive, and executing 'modprobe piix; exit'.
  However, in Gutsy the piix driver will not be included anymore.

  The ata_piix driver therefore needs a patch to fix the CRX880A for
  Gutsy.

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