From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: sean Subject: Re: ahci or ata-piix for ich6? Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 21:12:23 -0400 Message-ID: References: <20050430171827.GA14203@tuxdriver.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:65245 "EHLO ciao.gmane.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261506AbVEABtb (ORCPT ); Sat, 30 Apr 2005 21:49:31 -0400 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1DS3TA-0007rv-5r for linux-ide@vger.kernel.org; Sun, 01 May 2005 03:42:04 +0200 Received: from ool-4356fcdd.dyn.optonline.net ([67.86.252.221]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 01 May 2005 03:42:04 +0200 Received: from seandarcy2 by ool-4356fcdd.dyn.optonline.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 01 May 2005 03:42:04 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20050430171827.GA14203@tuxdriver.com> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org 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