From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Theodore Tso Subject: Re: No NCQ support on X61s Ultrabay? (Intel ICH8 SATA controller question) Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 07:34:45 -0400 Message-ID: <20090430113445.GA4809@mit.edu> References: <49F90CA2.4080602@garzik.org> <20090430083309.437f9248@lithium.local.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from thunk.org ([69.25.196.29]:36797 "EHLO thunker.thunk.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1763342AbZD3LfA (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Apr 2009 07:35:00 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090430083309.437f9248@lithium.local.net> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Alex Buell Cc: Jeff Garzik , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Matthew Wilcox , Linux IDE mailing list On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 08:33:09AM +0100, Alex Buell wrote: > On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:27:46 -0400, I waved a wand and this message > magically appears in front of Jeff Garzik: > > > As Tejun noted, try switching to AHCI mode in BIOS. > > But is there a way to switch modes without needing to go through the > BIOS? Some laptops won't let you do that through BIOS. The BIOS setting already is in AHCI mode, and not in "compatibility mode". This is with BIOS version 2.19 on the X61s. I can check to see if there is a newer BIOS revision... hmm, there is a 2.20, but it claims the only thing it fixes is: - Fixed an issue where the AMT menu of BIOS Setup Utility might not be displayed. I can try upgrading to it and see if it's any better. Or maybe someone on the Linux-thinkpad mailing list with contacts inside Lenovo can bug them. Sounds like there's no way to work around this except for a BIOS-level fix then? :-( - Ted