Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964983AbXAJSTp (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Jan 2007 13:19:45 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964994AbXAJSTo (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Jan 2007 13:19:44 -0500 Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:44855 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964983AbXAJSTo (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Jan 2007 13:19:44 -0500 Message-ID: <45A52E3D.20005@garzik.org> Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 13:19:41 -0500 From: Jeff Garzik User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20061219) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Prakash Punnoor CC: Lennart Sorensen , "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> <200701101829.32369.prakash@punnoor.de> <20070110174710.GL17267@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> <200701101856.07137.prakash@punnoor.de> In-Reply-To: <200701101856.07137.prakash@punnoor.de> 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: 1154 Lines: 28 Prakash Punnoor wrote: > Am Mittwoch 10 Januar 2007 18:47 schrieb Lennart Sorensen: >> On Wed, Jan 10, 2007 at 06:29:28PM +0100, Prakash Punnoor wrote: >>> You can install the Intel Matrix driver after "adjusting" the inf file... >> Hmm, I guess a good question is: Why should I have to edit the inf file? >> Is it an issue of them making it only install if your hardware is >> already set to ahci mode? But how am I supposed to boot and install the >> driver until I have the driver installed then. Well I might try that >> next time I go there. How stupid of intel. > > Intel wants you to buy hw with ICH8R. ICH8 isn't get the advanced features for > free.... What advanced features do you claim are missing from ICH8? The 'R' indicates software RAID, provided by BIOS and a software driver. Which uses the standard AHCI programming interface. ICH8 provides AHCI, just like ICH8R does. 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/