From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Todd and Margo Chester Subject: Re: no hotplugging support (FIXME) Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 13:52:57 -0800 Message-ID: <49A46C39.60202@verizon.net> 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> <49A0D7F6.902@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from vms173001pub.verizon.net ([206.46.173.1]:20442 "EHLO vms173001pub.verizon.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752836AbZBXVxN (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:53:13 -0500 Received: from rn1.rent-a-nerd.local ([71.125.118.126]) by vms173001.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-7.04 (built Sep 26 2008; 32bit)) with ESMTPA id <0KFL0079XBGAB5QA@vms173001.mailsrvcs.net> for linux-ide@vger.kernel.org; Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:52:59 -0600 (CST) In-reply-to: <49A0D7F6.902@gmail.com> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Robert Hancock Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Robert Hancock wrote: > 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.. Once I get the achi module all loaded up correctly, would I be able to get away with alias scsi_hostadapter2 ahci alias scsi_hostadapter3 ata_piix in my /etc/modprobe.conf?