Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753200AbZD3C2A (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:28:00 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754615AbZD3C1t (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:27:49 -0400 Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:44431 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754509AbZD3C1t (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:27:49 -0400 Message-ID: <49F90CA2.4080602@garzik.org> Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:27:46 -0400 From: Jeff Garzik User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090320) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Theodore Ts'o" CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Matthew Wilcox , Linux IDE mailing list Subject: Re: No NCQ support on X61s Ultrabay? (Intel ICH8 SATA controller question) References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -4.4 (----) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 3.2.5 on srv5.dvmed.net summary: Content analysis details: (-4.4 points, 5.0 required) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 592 Lines: 21 Theodore Ts'o wrote: (you should cc linux-ide...) > [ 4563.614247] ata4.00: 390721968 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 0/32) > ^^^^^^^ That generally means your disk is capable of NCQ, but your controller is not. As Tejun noted, try switching to AHCI mode in BIOS. 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/