Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964899AbXAJO6Z (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Jan 2007 09:58:25 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964905AbXAJO6Y (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Jan 2007 09:58:24 -0500 Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:43597 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964899AbXAJO6Y (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Jan 2007 09:58:24 -0500 Message-ID: <45A4FF0D.2090705@garzik.org> Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 09:58:21 -0500 From: Jeff Garzik User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20061219) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Lennart Sorensen CC: "Jeff V. Merkey" , Linux kernel Subject: Re: SATA/IDE Dual Mode w/Intel 945 Chipset or HOW TO LIQUIFY a flash IDE chip under 2.6.18 References: <45A3FF32.1030905@wolfmountaingroup.com> <45A42385.7090904@garzik.org> <45A42670.703@wolfmountaingroup.com> <45A4325C.9060902@garzik.org> <20070110143919.GH17269@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> In-Reply-To: <20070110143919.GH17269@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -4.3 (----) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 3.1.7 on srv5.dvmed.net summary: Content analysis details: (-4.3 points, 5.0 required) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1303 Lines: 38 Lennart Sorensen wrote: > On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 07:25:00PM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote: >> Combined mode is a technical term. Judging from your answers, you are >> not using combined mode. > > I would have thought 'sata 3.0 + IDE' sounded a lot like combined mode, > unless it means seperate sata and ide. Enhanced mode means separate SATA and PATA. (I recommend avoiding the "IDE" acronym, it is largely meaningless and confusing these days) >> Judging from your answers, you are not in AHCI mode. >> >> Side note: You should use AHCI if available. Emulating a PATA >> interface for SATA devices is error prone [in the silicon]. AHCI is >> native SATA, "enhanced mode" is not. > > I tried setting my sister's new machine to AHCI mode (Asus P5B with 965 > chipset), but I eventually gave up since it also needed windows xp on it > and I can't for the life of me find an AHCI driver for windows that > would install. Um, ok? We're talking about Linux here. Linux regularly supports hardware before Windows does. This is nothing new. Jeff - 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/