From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: libata AHCI support for Intel ICH6RW Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2004 07:48:40 -0400 Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <41385A18.5020103@pobox.com> References: <1094184596.16175.3.camel@unicorn.rpratap.homelinux.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:13452 "EHLO www.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S269636AbUICLtA (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Sep 2004 07:49:00 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1094184596.16175.3.camel@unicorn.rpratap.homelinux.org> List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Ravi Pratap M Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, russb@emc.com Ravi Pratap M wrote: > Hi guys, > > My Dell Dimension 8400 machine has the latest Intel ICH6RW controller > and I am running kernel 2.6.8.1. I was under the impression that > libata's ata_piix driver now supports AHCI mode but when I set the BIOS > to that setting, the kernel doesn't see anything. > > > Has the AHCI driver not fully been integrated into mainline libata ? I > downloaded the latest prepatch kernel but I still don't see any AHCI > driver (I found an ahci.c that you posted to linux-kernel sometime in > April 2004 but that is missing from the main linux kernel source tree > that I have downloaded here). Nothing new to add beyond that of http://linux.yyz.us/sata/sata-status.html AHCI _should_ be going in any day now (well, after Labor Day vacation), so it will appear RSN. Jeff