On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 08:12:35 -0700, Neil Koozer wrote:

> Douglas Mayne wrote:
>
>> Background:
>> I have a (common) motherboard with onboard IDE. I have added more IDE
>> ports using a Promise IDE controller, and I have recompiled the kernel to
>> enable support for Promise controllers (support is disabled by default
>> in Slackware kernels.) I am using kernel 2.4.24.
>>
>
> I don't necessarily have a solution; I would just like you to know that
> support for IDE cards is supported out of the box. I have 2 models of
> Promise cards, one type of Silicon Image, and some Highpoints. All of
> these work seamlessly with the stock install of Slack (at least 9.0 & 9.1).
>
> Neil

I similarly have a Promise ide pci card. Worked perfectly on the stock
Slackware kernel (2.4.20 - 2.4.24). It seems to me that something like
that would HAVE to be compiled into the kernel, rather than loaded as a
module at boot time. Just my two cents. Sorry I don't have anything more
helpful to say...

--The Revenant