From: Alistair John Strachan <s0348365@sms.ed.ac.uk>
To: Bill Nottingham <notting@redhat.com>
Subject: [PATCH] Fix help text for CONFIG_ATA_PIIX
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 20:06:49 +0000
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On Thursday 14 December 2006 19:53, Bill Nottingham wrote:
> Alistair John Strachan (s0348365@sms.ed.ac.uk) said:
> > > > Is it possible to use pata_mpiix (or pata_oldpiix) with an ICH4 IDE
> > > > controller and boot off it?
> > >
> > > ata_piix (the SATA/PATA driver) deals with the ICH4. pata_mpiix is
> > > specifically for the Intel MPIIX laptop chipset and pata_oldpiix
> > > explicitly for the original PIIX chipset and none of the later ones.
> >
> > Correct me if I'm wrong, but SATA wasn't available on ICH4. Only 5 and
> > greater. The kernel help text agrees with me.
> >
> > My IDE controller usually works with CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PIIX; I was
> > interested in using your pata_xxx drivers in replacement, assuming there
> > was support.
>
> pata_xxx is for older PIIX, not ICH4. ICH* is handled by ata_piix, which
> can drive both SATA *and* PATA in the new kernels. 

Thanks for clarifying Bill, and sorry Alan. ata_piix does indeed work 
correctly. The help text is a bit confusing:

config ATA_PIIX
        tristate "Intel PIIX/ICH SATA support"
        depends on PCI
        help
          This option enables support for ICH5/6/7/8 Serial ATA.
          If PATA support was enabled previously, this enables
          support for select Intel PIIX/ICH PATA host controllers.

"Enabled previously"?

-- 
Cheers,
Alistair.

Final year Computer Science undergraduate.
1F2 55 South Clerk Street, Edinburgh, UK.
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