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SubjectRe: [PATCH] SATA NCQ support
Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Matthias Andree wrote:
>
>> OK, so this is for AHCI. What are the options for people whose
>> mainboards aren't blessed with AHCI, but use for instance VIA or older
>> Promise chips? Buy new hardware? Or wait until someone comes up with an
>> implementation?
>
>
> As Jens mentioned, NCQ support requires both device and hardware have
> explicit NCQ support. That eliminates most of Linux's supported SATA
> controllers, none of which support NCQ.
>
> Don't have a heart attack, though, SATA is pretty fast even without NCQ.
>

NVIDIA nForce4 supports NCQ under Windows.. any word on whether docs may
become available to allow this to be supported under Linux? You'd think
NVIDIA would want to get that support in..

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