Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Wed, 22 Nov 2006 10:43:26 +0900 | | From | Tejun Heo <> | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2.6.19-rc6][RESEND] ata_piix: IDE mode SATA patch for Intel ICH9 |
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Gaston, Jason D wrote: > I was thinking that if a functional difference was found, it would be > easier to tweak. > > There are differences between the ICH8 and ICH9 SATA controller. For > example, the PCS register now has port present bits that used to be > reserved in ICH8. I'm not sure how or if these could be used in > ata_piix.
Separating ich9 out from ich8 isn't difficult. Let's do that when there is need. ata_piix always has been using the same entry if there is no code difference and I don't see any reason to depart from that with ich9.
Thanks.
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