From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760932AbXKIDqd (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Nov 2007 22:46:33 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753652AbXKIDqY (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Nov 2007 22:46:24 -0500 Received: from havoc.gtf.org ([69.61.125.42]:56378 "EHLO havoc.gtf.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753369AbXKIDqX (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Nov 2007 22:46:23 -0500 Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 22:46:22 -0500 From: Jeff Garzik To: Mark Lord Cc: Riki Oktarianto , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Greg Kroah-Hartman , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add quirk to set AHCI mode on ICH boards Message-ID: <20071109034622.GB25581@havoc.gtf.org> References: <20071109020235.GA2031@ceren> <20071109023129.GA25581@havoc.gtf.org> <4733D421.7000505@rtr.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4733D421.7000505@rtr.ca> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.14 (2007-02-12) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Nov 08, 2007 at 10:29:37PM -0500, Mark Lord wrote: > And I might even privately patch my own kernels to map the ACHI BAR > in the cases where the BIOS didn't... The inability to do this in the general case is the main reason why AHCI was not unconditionally enabled, even in IDE mode, when it was originally added... :/ Jeff, taking a trip down memory lane