On 2007-10-02, Willie Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 02, 2007 at 03:00:49PM +0000, Penguin Lover Grant Edwards > squawked:
>> You probably want to disable generic IDE support and enable the >> combined SATA/PATA stuff in the new one. The ATA stuff has >> been completely redone between 2.6.21 and 2.6.22. > > I just installed 2.6.23-rc[some number here] a few days ago, > and the PATA stuff is labeled [experimental] while SATA is > [prod]. I haven't been really keeping up with the news, but > how stable is the PATA driver? I've been using it for a week or so with no issues. > (I am currently still on generic IDE) Is there a > performance/?? benefit from the new PATA driver? I couldn't get some of my machines to boot with the generic IDE support enabled. It apparently now conflicts with SATA support. -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! I'm definitely not at in Omaha! visi.com -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list