From: sean <seandarcy2@gmail.com>
To: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: ahci or ata-piix for ich6?
Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 21:12:23 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <d51a2h$h1f$1@sea.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20050430171827.GA14203@tuxdriver.com>
John W. Linville wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 30, 2005 at 09:55:17AM -0400, sean wrote:
>
>>I have a mobo with the 915G, 82801FB/FBW (ICH6/ICH6W) SATA
>>controller. Which SATA driver in 2.6.12-rc3?
>
>
> If you configured AHCI in the BIOS, then ahci should work. Otherwise
> ata_piix is the choice. In fact, for ICH6 ata_piix is smart enough
> to disable AHCI on its own, if it gets loaded. So, ata_piix is the
> safe choice (ignoring any issues favoring AHCI).
>
> For those observing, the reason this is an issue is because Intel
> used the same PCI ID for ICH6 in either IDE or AHCI mode. So, there
> is no obvious choice for kudzu and the like to make.
>
> John
Aha! I don't have ( or least can't find ) any ahci option
in my bios for the gigabyte GA-8i915g board. I've asked on
the alt gigabyte newgroup.
thanks
sean
prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-05-01 1:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-04-30 13:55 ahci or ata-piix for ich6? sean
2005-04-30 17:18 ` John W. Linville
2005-05-01 1:12 ` sean [this message]
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