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# Silicon Image SiI SATA controller #
# RedHatLinux Driver #
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1. OVERVIEW
This driver disk adds support for SiI SATA controller. this driver overrides the open source driver.
Supported RedHatLinux versions:
* RedHat Enterprise Linux 4.0, Kernel revision 2.6.9-5.
* This driver rev. 1.0.5.8 supports 32-bit AMD platforms for SiI 3112/3512 controller with RAID capability.
2. INSTALLATION
2.0 For detailed information about RedHat installation visit:
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/
2.1 Preparing driver disk
A floppy disk is required to install into a brand new (or blank) disk drive.
Several Options:
. If you received a zip file, Use Winzip to unzip the [distribution]filename.zip file on to a formatted floppy disk.
. If you received a tgz file, extract the contents of the [distribution]_sii____rhdd.tgz file on to a
formatted floppy disk. (e.g. use tar xzf [distribution]_sii____rdhh.tgz)
. If you received a img file, and you are running windows: use "rawrite.exe sii____.img A:"
(you can get rawrite from RedHat installation disk #1 \dosutils directory)
If you are running linux: use "dd if=filename.img of=/dev/fd0"
* Make sure BIOS reports drives as 'current' (if using RAID)
2.1.1 IMPORTANT NOTE FOR OEM CUSTOMERS
ADD your PCI ID to the "pcitable" file if OEM VendorId is going to be different
from SiI 0x1095 IDs. (End Users should ignore this step)
2.2 Steps for first-time installation
Before you start make sure the BIOS sees your adapter card (if applicable) and
your disk drives.
If just adding Data Drives or upgrading go to sections 2.3 or 2.4
(non-bootable SATA drives are considered Data Drives)
Step1 Boot from the RedHatLinux CD 1 or a boot diskette that you have created.
(Refer to "The Official Red Hat Linux x86 Installation Guide" see 2.1)
*RedHatLinux9.x, RedHatEnterpriseLinux3.x*
Step2 At the "Welcome to Red Hat Linux ..." installation screen, a
prompt labeled "boot:" will appear at the bottom of the screen.
For installation in graphical mode:
At the prompt type "linux dd " and press the enter key.
( 3112 may conflict with the Open Source Driver. One way to eliminate
conflicts will be to be specific about the location of the devices:
linux dd ide0=0x1f0 ide1=0x170 hde=noprobe hdg=noprobe hdi=noprobe
hdk=noprobe will tell Linux where the PATA drives are located
and not to scan for SATA drives using the Open Source Drivers. )
For installation in text mode:
At the prompt type "linux dd " or "text instead of dd"
and then press enter key.
Sometimes mostly if you have are using drives that have partition information
the SATA driver may get confused and report errors at Installation time. After
you have installed the driver but before you format the disk(s) you may do the
following: (formatting starts when doing disk partitioning)
. get a console window by typing CTL-ALT-F2
. mke2fs /dev/sda (say 'y' to prompt)
. fsck /dev/sda
type '2'
type 'w'
This will repartition the disk drives
*RedHatLinux8.x*
Step2 At the "Welcome to Red Hat Linux ..." installation screen, a
prompt labeled "boot:" will appear at the bottom of the screen.
For installation in graphical mode:
At the prompt type "linux dd" or "expert" and press the enter key.
For installation in text mode:
At the prompt type "linux text dd" or "expert text" and press the
enter key.
Step3 Select "Yes" at the "Do you have a driver disk ?" .
Step4 When the screens prompts for "Insert your driver disk and press OK to
continue" insert the driver diskette in the floppy drive and select
"Ok".
Step5 The installation program will automatically load the SiI driver into
kernel.
Note, all ATA/ATAPI devices connected to SiI controller will be
presented as a SCSI devices.
Follow the system instructions and swap the CDs as directed, continue installing your system until the end.
* NOTE: If you get Any Errors or 'hangs' before formatting the Disk Drives, type CTL-ALT-F4
and CTL-ALT-F5 to see errors, CTL-ALT-F1/F7 are main screens/menus.
At this point you are done with the installation.
2.3 Adding a DATA DRIVE
If your system is already up and running then you can use execute shell scripts to modify
the kernel or add loadable modules to access the SATA drives as follows:
. Modify the loaders to disable the Open Source Driver (no script yet)
(add hde=noprobe and hdg=noprobe (3112 chipsets only))
. # mount /mnt/floppy
in case of DOS formatted floppy
. # mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
. # 'sh /mnt/floppy/load-driver-from-floppy.sh' (DATA DRIVES)
(or use the the proper script depending on your kernel)
. If you received a zipped file, unzip the file and copy the modules.cgz
to a destination directory. Type "modules.cgz | gunzip | cpio -ivH crc" to
unzip the driver tree and load the approapriate driver file to your system.
. if you want to make sure you can see the drives, you may want
to 'mke2fs /dev/sda' and 'mount /dev/sda /test' the hard disk(s)
. insmod sii3112. As an example add the following lines at the end
of the script in /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit
'insmod scsi_mod'
'insmod sii3112'
. At this point you are done with the installation
2.4 Upgrading the Kernel
If your system is already up and running then you can use execute shell scripts to modify
the kernel or add loadable modules to access the SATA drives.
3. Special Cases:
Mixing Drives.
if you are using LABELS to define partitions, it is recommended that NO drives have duplicate
labels. Linux gets confused when partitions have the same names. (check lilo or grub
configuration files)
change from => append="root=LABEL=/" to root=/dev/sda2 for example
The way Linux finds disk drives also affect the booting sequence.
4. GENERAL INFO
. If you cat /proc/scsi/Sii3112/* you should see the Driver as reported by
the kernel.
. If you cat /proc/scsi/scsi you should see the your DRIVE TYPE as reported
by the kernel.
5. New Features and bug fixes
a. The driver could support SATA ATAPI devices.
b. This revision of driver has Java GUI interface that can configure legacy RAID set.
6. Known Restriction
Please note that ATAPI hot plug is not expected.
Download Driver Pack
After your driver has been downloaded, follow these simple steps to install it.
Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).
If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.
Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.
Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.
For more help, visit our Driver Support section for step-by-step videos on how to install drivers for every file type.