Re: Playing with SATA NCQ

Erik Slagter
2005-05-29T18:14:49Z

On Sun, 2005-05-29 at 14:01 -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Erik Slagter wrote:
> > I guess the only way to have, for example the ICH6, not using legacy
> > IRQ/ports, is to switch it to AHCI, which only the BIOS can do (if
> > implemented).
>
> "native mode" is where PATA and/or SATA PCI device is programmed into
> full PCI mode -- PCI BARs, PCI irq, etc. Some BIOSen allow you to
> enable mode, which disables all use of legacy IRQ/ports.
>
> Also, ICH6 silicon does not support AHCI, only ICH6-R and ICH6-M.

So, I do have this laptop with ICH6-M, is there a way to get it in
"native" mode without having to enable AHCI mode (can't do that, the
BIOS doesn't allow it)? I still think still using IRQ14/15 etc. is
silly ;-)