Re: help generating good id string for ATA id fix (Via VB8001)

George Hartzell wrote:
> I have a Via VB8001 running -CURRENT.  The disk controllers aren't
> recognized and end up running in UDMA33.
> 
> The following patches to things under /usr/src/sys/dev/ata recognize
> my drives as SATA300.
> 
> I don't know how to figure out what id strings to use though,
> everything I've found about the board claims that the chip is a 8237S,
> which is already used.  Clearly calling it the GH is a hack.
> 
> How can I track down the correct info so that I can submit a useful
> PR?

Why does it matter so much? Call it ATA_VIA8237S_1 or ATA_VIA8237S_5372 
for example, this is definitely not the first time in history when 
vendor use different PCI Id for the different silicon revisions of the 
same part.

-Maxim