From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mark Lord Subject: Re: Playing with SATA NCQ Date: Sun, 29 May 2005 20:06:12 -0400 Message-ID: <429A58F4.3040308@rtr.ca> References: <20050526140058.GR1419@suse.de> <1117382598.4851.3.camel@localhost.localdomain> <4299F47B.5020603@gmail.com> <1117387591.4851.17.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from cpu1185.adsl.bellglobal.com ([207.236.110.166]:31762 "EHLO mail.rtr.ca") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261471AbVE3AGP (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 May 2005 20:06:15 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1117387591.4851.17.camel@localhost.localdomain> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Erik Slagter Cc: Michael Thonke , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Erik Slagter wrote: > > 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. No hope of it on this machine (I'm using a tricked-out i9300 here too), because (1) the HD is PATA, not SATA, and (2) the drive itself probably doesn't support NCQ (my 100GB drive does NOT -- use "hdparm -I" to see what is supported on any given drive. libata-dev includes hdparm support). Cheers