From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Robert Hancock Subject: Re: no hotplugging support (FIXME) Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 22:43:34 -0600 Message-ID: <49A0D7F6.902@gmail.com> References: <499F171D.5020600@verizon.net> <499F52C8.90205@gmail.com> <49A0B1D8.10303@verizon.net> <49A0C8F5.30405@gmail.com> <49A0CFFF.3050806@verizon.net> <49A0D167.9060707@gmail.com> <49A0D74F.1010009@verizon.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from yw-out-2324.google.com ([74.125.46.29]:4899 "EHLO yw-out-2324.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753318AbZBVEni (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 Feb 2009 23:43:38 -0500 Received: by yw-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 5so611886ywh.1 for ; Sat, 21 Feb 2009 20:43:36 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <49A0D74F.1010009@verizon.net> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Todd and Margo Chester Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Todd and Margo Chester wrote: > Robert Hancock wrote: >>> p.s., just of curiosity, what would the ACHI module look >>> like in my modprobe.conf? >> >> You would change: >> >> alias scsi_hostadapter2 ata_piix >> >> to >> >> alias scsi_hostadapter2 ahci >> > Thank you! > > Question: would that be in addition to or a substitute > for? (I am concerned that my SATA DVD/CD burner would > stop working.) Normally all the ports are AHCI if it's switched into that mode, so it shouldn't be an issue. However, you could leave in ata_piix as the third entry, so that the system will still boot if it's not in AHCI mode properly. There's no real harm in having unnecessary drivers in there.. > > Also, I downloaded the recent manual for my motherboard. > The section has a new option not on my BIOS (1.2a) > called "SATA ACHI Mode: on|off". The current BIOS is > 2.1a -- I think it is time I ordered a new BIOS chip > (I don't flash. I remove and replace the chip. That way > I can go back if things go wrong, which has happened to > me before.) > > Many thanks, > -T