AHCI chipset for AMD64

AHCI chipset for AMD64

[Florian Engelhardt]

Hello,

is there right now a mainboard on the market,
which has an ahci capable sata-controller
for an amd64 CPU?
It looks to me like the only chip that is a ahci
chip is the via vt8251, but i couldnŽt find
a mainboard for amd64 cpuŽs with that chip.

Anyone?

Kind Regards

Florian Engelhardt

Re: AHCI chipset for AMD64

[Jeff Garzik]

Florian Engelhardt wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> is there right now a mainboard on the market,
> which has an ahci capable sata-controller
> for an amd64 CPU?
> It looks to me like the only chip that is a ahci
> chip is the via vt8251, but i couldnŽt find
> a mainboard for amd64 cpuŽs with that chip.

Specifically AMD64?

The current Intel EM64T computers ship with AHCI.

	Jeff

Re: AHCI chipset for AMD64

[Florian Engelhardt]

Hello,

On Tue, 14 Jun 2005 12:09:46 -0400
Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com> wrote:

> Florian Engelhardt wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > is there right now a mainboard on the market,
> > which has an ahci capable sata-controller
> > for an amd64 CPU?
> > It looks to me like the only chip that is a ahci
> > chip is the via vt8251, but i couldn__t find
> > a mainboard for amd64 cpu__s with that chip.
> 
> Specifically AMD64?

Yes

> The current Intel EM64T computers ship with AHCI.

Well, the question is Intel or AMD, i am using AMD-CPUs since six
years, and i was happy with them all the time, and i have to use intel
at work, and i am not happy with the performance of this chip.
So i think i will give the nForce 4 ultra chip a try, maybe via will
release their vt8251 (AHCI capable) southbridge in some month, then i
will have to buy a new board.

Kind Regards

Florian Engelhardt

-- 
"I may have invented it, but Bill made it famous"
David Bradley, who invented the (in)famous ctrl-alt-del key combination

Re: AHCI chipset for AMD64

[Florian Engelhardt]

On Tue, 14 Jun 2005 12:09:46 -0400
Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com> wrote:

> Florian Engelhardt wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > is there right now a mainboard on the market,
> > which has an ahci capable sata-controller
> > for an amd64 CPU?
> > It looks to me like the only chip that is a ahci
> > chip is the via vt8251, but i couldn__t find
> > a mainboard for amd64 cpu__s with that chip.
> 
> Specifically AMD64?
> 
> The current Intel EM64T computers ship with AHCI.

Sorry, but i forgot to ask one technical question about AHCI.
Will every AHCI capable controller be supported, for example
this chipset:
http://www.vitalitycomputer.com/msirsamd64so.html

-- 
"I may have invented it, but Bill made it famous"
David Bradley, who invented the (in)famous ctrl-alt-del key combination

Re: AHCI chipset for AMD64

[Jeff Garzik]

Florian Engelhardt wrote:
> Sorry, but i forgot to ask one technical question about AHCI.
> Will every AHCI capable controller be supported, for example
> this chipset:
> http://www.vitalitycomputer.com/msirsamd64so.html


The driver is written to the AHCI specification.

As long as the hardware faithfully follows the specification, yes.

	Jeff