From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Erik Slagter Subject: Re: Playing with SATA NCQ Date: Sun, 29 May 2005 19:26:31 +0200 Message-ID: <1117387591.4851.17.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <20050526140058.GR1419@suse.de> <1117382598.4851.3.camel@localhost.localdomain> <4299F47B.5020603@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from oldconomy.demon.nl ([212.238.217.56]:47286 "EHLO artemis.slagter.name") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261225AbVE2R1G (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 May 2005 13:27:06 -0400 In-Reply-To: <4299F47B.5020603@gmail.com> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Michael Thonke Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org On Sun, 2005-05-29 at 18:57 +0200, Michael Thonke wrote: > >Another question: is there a fundamental problem to have the ICH6/7 > >enabled AHCI mode by the kernel instead of the BIOS? I know some BIOSes > >don't offer the choice to enable AHCI (like mine :-(). > here on my Mainboard ASUS P5WAD2-Premium (i955X/ICH7) I need to enable > AHCI support like on the ICH6R based ASUS P5AD2-E xx the same here. > What I have noticed is when I enable Intel Raid support AHCI is on by > default, maybe it used AHCI if drive is capable?! AHCI is needed for "raid"-support. > What mainboard are you using Erik? All mainboards with ICH6R I saw and > had (925X,925XE) offer options to enable AHCI. ICH6M (mobile/no raid) on a Dell Inspiron 9300 laptop. AFAIK there are no plans to implement support for AHCI transition in the BIOS. &^$##($% DELL.