From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: kernel 2.6.31.1 + Sil 3512 + WDC WD5000AAKS-00V1A0 = no NCQ and UDMA5 instead of UDMA6 Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:01:47 -0500 Message-ID: <4B2A720B.2040809@pobox.com> References: <4B2A3D25.9030209@hardwarefreak.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mail-yw0-f182.google.com ([209.85.211.182]:46239 "EHLO mail-yw0-f182.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1759611AbZLQSBt (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:01:49 -0500 Received: by ywh12 with SMTP id 12so2534150ywh.21 for ; Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:01:49 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4B2A3D25.9030209@hardwarefreak.com> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Stan Hoeppner Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org On 12/17/2009 09:16 AM, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > Hi Jeff, > > I recently added a Silicon Image 3512 based PCI card to an old Intel > 440BX machine along with a single platter 500GB WD SATA2 drive. I'd > have gone with an ahci sata2 controller but couldn't find one in 33MHz > PCI. I compiled a new kernel, adding SCSI disk, libata and sata_sil > support using make menuconfig and kernel.org sources installed the > debian way on lenny 5.0.3. I left the old piix diver in so I could > still boot from the old IDE disk and move the entire Linux system over. > That all went pretty smoothly, I'm now booting from the new disk, and > the sata subsystem is working pretty well, especially compared to the > old 40GB Maxtor IDE disk (now removed from the system). sata_sil hardware does not support NCQ. Jeff