* ahci or ata-piix for ich6?
@ 2005-04-30 13:55 sean
2005-04-30 17:18 ` John W. Linville
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From: sean @ 2005-04-30 13:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-ide
I have a mobo with the 915G, 82801FB/FBW (ICH6/ICH6W) SATA
controller. Which SATA driver in 2.6.12-rc3?
sean
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* Re: ahci or ata-piix for ich6?
2005-04-30 13:55 ahci or ata-piix for ich6? sean
@ 2005-04-30 17:18 ` John W. Linville
2005-05-01 1:12 ` sean
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From: John W. Linville @ 2005-04-30 17:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: sean; +Cc: linux-ide
On Sat, Apr 30, 2005 at 09:55:17AM -0400, sean wrote:
> I have a mobo with the 915G, 82801FB/FBW (ICH6/ICH6W) SATA
> controller. Which SATA driver in 2.6.12-rc3?
If you configured AHCI in the BIOS, then ahci should work. Otherwise
ata_piix is the choice. In fact, for ICH6 ata_piix is smart enough
to disable AHCI on its own, if it gets loaded. So, ata_piix is the
safe choice (ignoring any issues favoring AHCI).
For those observing, the reason this is an issue is because Intel
used the same PCI ID for ICH6 in either IDE or AHCI mode. So, there
is no obvious choice for kudzu and the like to make.
John
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* Re: ahci or ata-piix for ich6?
2005-04-30 17:18 ` John W. Linville
@ 2005-05-01 1:12 ` sean
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From: sean @ 2005-05-01 1:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-ide
John W. Linville wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 30, 2005 at 09:55:17AM -0400, sean wrote:
>
>>I have a mobo with the 915G, 82801FB/FBW (ICH6/ICH6W) SATA
>>controller. Which SATA driver in 2.6.12-rc3?
>
>
> If you configured AHCI in the BIOS, then ahci should work. Otherwise
> ata_piix is the choice. In fact, for ICH6 ata_piix is smart enough
> to disable AHCI on its own, if it gets loaded. So, ata_piix is the
> safe choice (ignoring any issues favoring AHCI).
>
> For those observing, the reason this is an issue is because Intel
> used the same PCI ID for ICH6 in either IDE or AHCI mode. So, there
> is no obvious choice for kudzu and the like to make.
>
> John
Aha! I don't have ( or least can't find ) any ahci option
in my bios for the gigabyte GA-8i915g board. I've asked on
the alt gigabyte newgroup.
thanks
sean
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