hi Jeff, this patch is used to set the SATA controller back to AHCI mode when ATI SB700 is set as combined mode or legacy IDE mode by BIOS, without this patch, just like ATI SB600, the SB700 SATA device will fail in these two modes.
BRs, henry -----Original Message----- From: Jeff Garzik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 3:58 PM To: Henry Su Cc: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; gmail_ati Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] Add the combined mode for ATI SB700 Henry Su wrote: > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Besides those modes in ATI SB600 SATA controller, ATI SB700 supports one more > mode:the combined mode. > > The combined mode is a Legacy IDE mode used for compatibility with some old > OS without AHCI driver, > but now it is not necessary for Linux since the kernel has supported AHCI. hmmmm. The patch looks OK, but your description seems to indicate that the patch is not needed? Jeff - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
