Posts by madhits

Ok I gave this a try but FAILED. Is there any way I can simply turn on IDE access to my SIL 680 without having to build a whole new libreelec? All I want is to be able to read my extra IDE hard drive that has libreelec already installed. Anything else you can guys direct me towards? I think we got off on the wrong track with RAID coming up in this request which is NOT what I want. My silicon image Sil 680 card has both Reg IDE access along with Raid IDE. I DO NOT want HW Raid in Libreelec. All I want is IDE boot..

Quote from lrusak

If you don't need the raid ability in LibreELEC then why don't you just boot it from a flash drive or something?

I suppose I could and I did think of that. My concern was speed of USB 2.0 vs ATA133. ATA still beats USB 2.0 by 2 to 1 due to overhead 60ms/s vs 30mb/s. So If I used a USB to boot I'm guessing the performance of video playback at 720p would be greatly affected.

I am looking into making the build, downloading a new ubuntu build just for this.. Thanks for your help

Quote from chewitt

Compile - LibreELEC <= Get a working development build first, then support for the RAID card is a case of making a one line change to the kernel config to enable Linux Kernel Driver DataBase: CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SIIMAGE: Silicon Image chipset support and then rebuild.

Chewitt.. I'll give it a try. Can you tell me exactly what line needs to change? Dont I need to add a driver?

I tried this with openelec a while ago and got kernel build errors. That was when I was trying to to get pcmica support. Maybe the IDE support will be easier. Oye..

Quote from chewitt

LE (and OE before) have a long-standing policy of refusing to add RAID support to the OS to avoid "the death of a thousand cuts" ..because if we add one RAID driver then we're obliged to add a long list of others, then all the filesystem management tools needed for RAID, and more. We have always been a "client" focussed distro; all the fancy RAID stuff belongs in a NAS/server device.

PCMCIA is off the list too. You're maybe the second or third person that asked for PCMCIA support in the last 4-5 years. It's niche and there is no new hardware coming so we wouldn't add it. We are generally a forwards (not backwards) looking distro when it comes to hardware support.

The external display adapter is also unlikely. Kodi is designed to use a single display so supporting additional screens (aside from laptops and modern interfaces like Thunderbolt) isn't a big requirement for our target audience. USB devices are likely only needed on old hardware (which is not something we're aiming at) and probably doesn't deliver good performance.

NB: LibreELEC's sources are in public github and it's not hard to create a custom image with personal changes. If you really want to use this collection of bits, that would be the best option.

Chewitt thats the same asnswer you gave me 1 yr ago about the PCMICA card over on the openelec forums.. I hoped it might have changed but expected that. I'm the guy that follows the STORY OF STUFF. I HATE sending shit to the dumps and I find all this great software online but its a constant battle to get support. Anyway I'm only considered about 1 of those items.

The SIL 0680 Raid card its actually not the RAID part I want. I have it set to IDE and just wish to be able to boot libreelec off of it. I do not use this card for the NAS part. The NAS I am running is xpenology. So the plan is to boot xpenlogy with USB drive in and when its not in boot libreelec. Its simple to setup the bios to boot one if the other is not present. I do not wnat the nas on while im in Libreelec dispite it being able to read the files, that is just a bonus really. Anyway the support for the SIL 0680 is needed strictly for libreelec. Is there any chance you guys could add that card in IDE mode only. I actually dont want the full support like I said I just want IDE access. It almost works now as I get the mount_flash mount common could not mount label=system error. So would it be any easier to add simple universal IDE drivers to libraelec?

I don't care about the other 2 and had suspected yours and lrusak answer would match those of openelec..

I know you guys have suggested the build it in yourself before about a yr ago I tried and FAILED missribly. My skill set is not to strong in linux so doing a build of my own outside of a custom windows build is nearly impossible.

Come on guys what do I have to do BEG? LoL

Hello,

I am hoping this project can add support for hardware. Some more important than others. List is in order of importance.

1. Silicone image SIL 0680 PATA Raid controller. I have this controller on a system I use as a NAS/Libraelec Kodi. I dont run my nas 24/7 like most and the plan is to have the nas on a wake up shutdown schedule. After that time I use it for kodi and have access to all of the nas files. The silicone image IDE/RAID card injects its HD into my bios using PNP. So I can set the drive to boot. However I get an error when I boot. The is error in mount_flash mount common could not mount label=system. This is because the driver for the silicone image is not loading. I wonder if Libreelec will be willing to add isupport for it? Here are drivers: siimage.c OR http://lxr.linux.no/linux+v4.6.4/driver ... a_sil680.c

2, I have a few PCMICA wifi cards and an adapter for them to go to PCI. These cards are some of the last N cards made in that format. Anyway any chance drivers for PCMICA generic can be added? I know thats a long shot so I understand.

3. External display adapter. I have a UGA usb display adapter. Its a UGA BVU3500. Its USB 3.0 but I was curious if libreelec could add support for these adapters. This is bottom of my list and more out of curiosity because I might want to connect a second LCD to kodi in the future.

Please let me know if you can add the SIL 0680 card to support. That would be GREAT. Than my NAS/KOdi box will be able to dual boot!!