From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
Subject: Re: [patch] Enable parallel scan on ata_piix
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:33:46 -0400
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Alan Cox wrote:
>>> Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>
>> I tend to doubt "safe", given the complicated and buggy silicon state 
>> machine that recreates the legacy IDE interface on SATA...
> 
> The two channels on the ICH and PIIX are independant. There are other

Starting with ICH5, not true.  Think PATA/SATA combined mode...

	Jeff