Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261225AbVE2R1O (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 May 2005 13:27:14 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261357AbVE2R1O (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 May 2005 13:27:14 -0400 Received: from oldconomy.demon.nl ([212.238.217.56]:47286 "EHLO artemis.slagter.name") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261225AbVE2R1G (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 May 2005 13:27:06 -0400 Subject: Re: Playing with SATA NCQ From: Erik Slagter To: Michael Thonke Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <4299F47B.5020603@gmail.com> References: <20050526140058.GR1419@suse.de> <1117382598.4851.3.camel@localhost.localdomain> <4299F47B.5020603@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sun, 29 May 2005 19:26:31 +0200 Message-Id: <1117387591.4851.17.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.2 (2.2.2-5) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1083 Lines: 24 On Sun, 2005-05-29 at 18:57 +0200, Michael Thonke wrote: > >Another question: is there a fundamental problem to have the ICH6/7 > >enabled AHCI mode by the kernel instead of the BIOS? I know some BIOSes > >don't offer the choice to enable AHCI (like mine :-(). > here on my Mainboard ASUS P5WAD2-Premium (i955X/ICH7) I need to enable > AHCI support like on the ICH6R based ASUS P5AD2-E xx the same here. > What I have noticed is when I enable Intel Raid support AHCI is on by > default, maybe it used AHCI if drive is capable?! AHCI is needed for "raid"-support. > What mainboard are you using Erik? All mainboards with ICH6R I saw and > had (925X,925XE) offer options to enable AHCI. ICH6M (mobile/no raid) on a Dell Inspiron 9300 laptop. AFAIK there are no plans to implement support for AHCI transition in the BIOS. &^$##($% DELL. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/