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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


      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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