I have been trying to find out if the kernel supports the IDE channel (with a DVD/CD-R unit attached) on my Intel DG965SS motherboard.
Searching the web indicates that for some motherboards based in the Intel 965 chipset success has been had for 2.6.18 onward by using the kernel boot parameters
all-generic-ide pci=nommconf
Although these were Fedora Core 6.
I normally run Debian Unstable - but I have built 2.6.19 and installed that (using the Debian .config as the base config) - mainly because to get graphics to work it needs 2.6.19 to recognise the ids for the agpgart module.
However, despite every thing else working - I can't get the IDE controller to be recognised - whether or not I use the above kernel boot parameters. I have been UNABLE to find what all-generic-ide does - it doesn't seem to be documented anywhere, so I was just blindly following someones instructions..
lspci -v shows the following
02:00.0 IDE interface: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Unknown device 6101 (rev b1) (prog-if 8f [Master SecP SecO PriP PriO])