From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161033AbWGZUWl (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Jul 2006 16:22:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1161034AbWGZUWk (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Jul 2006 16:22:40 -0400 Received: from outpipe-village-512-1.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:18144 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1161033AbWGZUWk (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Jul 2006 16:22:40 -0400 Subject: Re: why does nforce pata controller need ide0=ata66 ? From: Alan Cox To: Jimmy.Jazz@gmx.net Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <44C0E510.7000805@gmx.net> References: <44C0E510.7000805@gmx.net> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 21:41:22 +0100 Message-Id: <1153946482.13509.32.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.2 (2.6.2-1.fc5.5) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Ar Gwe, 2006-07-21 am 16:30 +0200, ysgrifennodd Jimmy Jazz: > What puzzles me is the kernel message: ide_setup: ide0=ata66 -- OBSOLETE > OPTION, WILL BE REMOVED SOON! > > So, i guess, if the option will be removed soon, it is no more necessary > to worry about it because PATA drives are "end of life" or the option > will certainly (hopefully) be replaced with a new one ;). The current plan is that drivers/ide goes away and libata takes over. > Would it be a way in the future to make ata66 drives and over work at > their nominal speed when the chipset capabilities are not well > recognized by the kernel driver ? They should always be correctly detected. > Have i simply misconfigured anything ? Probably not. Make sure the cable itself is the right way around and can you also send me an lspci -vxxx, as that will let me see the cable and udma setup bits on your machine and investigate further. Alan