Re: SATA/IDE Dual Mode w/Intel 945 Chipset or HOW TO LIQUIFY a flashIDE chip under 2.6.18

[Jeff Garzik]

Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 07:25:00PM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> > Combined mode is a technical term.  Judging from your answers, you are 
> > not using combined mode.
>
> I would have thought 'sata 3.0 + IDE' sounded a lot like combined mode,
> unless it means seperate sata and ide.

Enhanced mode means separate SATA and PATA.

(I recommend avoiding the "IDE" acronym, it is largely meaningless and 
confusing these days)


> > Judging from your answers, you are not in AHCI mode.
> >
> > Side note:  You should use AHCI if available.  Emulating a PATA 
> > interface for SATA devices is error prone [in the silicon].  AHCI is 
> > native SATA, "enhanced mode" is not.
>
> I tried setting my sister's new machine to AHCI mode (Asus P5B with 965
> chipset), but I eventually gave up since it also needed windows xp on it
> and I can't for the life of me find an AHCI driver for windows that
> would install.

Um, ok?

We're talking about Linux here.  Linux regularly supports hardware 
before Windows does.  This is nothing new.

	Jeff


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