Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 09 Nov 2007 22:57:28 -0500 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Add quirk to set AHCI mode on ICH boards |
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Theodore Tso wrote: > On Fri, Nov 09, 2007 at 10:05:05PM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote: >> By forcing AHCI, your PATA devices will be inaccessible, in a common >> configuration. It also means shuffling users from one driver to another, >> which induces breakage. >> >> I was speaking wishfully. Real life intrudes, alas. > > Not even as boot-time option? I'm curious whether it might allow me > to use AHCI mode on a T60p laptop; right now I can't because in AHCI > mode the Ultrabay hard drive device becomes invisible to Linux > (although not to Windows, interestingly). I'm currently travelling > and I don't carry the T60 around anymore, so I can't do the experiment > right this moment, but given that this would allow the T60 to take > advantage of ALPM if this works, it would be awfully tempting....
Oh sure, a boot-time option would be fine.
I want to spread AHCI far and wide; it is vastly superior to ata_piix in many ways.
I was mainly talking about unconditionally changing behavior from the current default, which presents several problems.
Jeff
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