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Date: Tue, 01 May 2007 18:49:24 -0400
From: Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@redhat.com>
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To: Stephen.Clark@seclark.us
CC: Jesse Barnes <jesse.barnes@intel.com>, Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>,
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Subject: Re: [git patches] libata updates
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Stephen Clark wrote:
>>
> I'm running fc6 but with kernel 2.6.21 from kernel.org - compiled with
> the .config file from fc6.
> 
> My system is a asus laptop with an ich7 chipset which has both sata and
> pata controllers. My
> laptop only brings out the pata controller interface and both my hd and
> od are on the second
> channel of the pata.
> 
> So can I configure out the old ide and just have ata_piix automatically
> control them both in
> 2.6.21?
> 

Sure, just edit the .config. You may need to play with options to mkinitrd
though; I don't think it will include the PATA drivers for you automatically.


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