From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Chuck Ebbert Subject: Re: [git patches] libata updates Date: Tue, 01 May 2007 18:49:24 -0400 Message-ID: <4637C3F4.5030800@redhat.com> References: <20070429161542.GA12501@havoc.gtf.org> <46364C04.4050208@garzik.org> <46364FFA.9050500@seclark.us> <200705011438.07499.jesse.barnes@intel.com> <4637C30C.5000109@seclark.us> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:52858 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754795AbXEAWtd (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 May 2007 18:49:33 -0400 In-Reply-To: <4637C30C.5000109@seclark.us> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Stephen.Clark@seclark.us Cc: Jesse Barnes , Jeff Garzik , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, LKML Stephen Clark wrote: >> > I'm running fc6 but with kernel 2.6.21 from kernel.org - compiled with > the .config file from fc6. > > My system is a asus laptop with an ich7 chipset which has both sata and > pata controllers. My > laptop only brings out the pata controller interface and both my hd and > od are on the second > channel of the pata. > > So can I configure out the old ide and just have ata_piix automatically > control them both in > 2.6.21? > Sure, just edit the .config. You may need to play with options to mkinitrd though; I don't think it will include the PATA drivers for you automatically.