Re: kernel config

[Brian Waters <brianmwaters@gmail.com>]

If you think this is a good idea, then you should try submitting a
patch for it. The file you want to modify is drivers/ata/Kconfig. It
should be pretty obvious what to change. There is lots of info online
about creating patches.

- Brian Waters




On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 1:18 PM, James <bjlockie@lockie.ca> wrote:
>  CONFIG_SATA_AHCI
> │ This option enables support for AHCI Serial ATA. │
> │ │
> │ If unsure, say N.
>
> CONFIG_ATA_SFF: │
> │ │
> │ This option adds support for ATA controllers with SFF │
> │ compliant or similar programming interface. │
> │ │
> │ SFF is the legacy IDE interface that has been around since │
> │ the dawn of time. Almost all PATA controllers have an │
> │ SFF interface. Many SATA controllers have an SFF interface │
> │ when configured into a legacy compatibility mode. │
> │ │
> │ For users with exclusively modern controllers like AHCI, │
> │ Silicon Image 3124, or Marvell 6440, you may choose to │
> │ disable this unneeded SFF support.
>
>
> I recently configured and compiled the 2.6.35.1 kernel.
> I suggest moving
> │
> │ For users with exclusively modern controllers like AHCI, │
> │ Silicon Image 3124, or Marvell 6440, you may choose to │
> │ disable this unneeded SFF support.
> to the CONFIG_SATA_AHCI option.
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