Re: [RFC PATCH 2.4] ata_piix on ich6r in RAID mode

2005-01-28 Thread Martins Krikis
--- Jeff Garzik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Martins Krikis wrote: > > Without this patch, if the BIOS of an ICH6R box has IDE set to > "RAID" > > mode then ata_piix will not find any SATA disks because it > incorrectly > > tries the legacy mode. With the patch all 4 SATA drives become >

Re: [RFC PATCH 2.4] ata_piix on ich6r in RAID mode

2005-01-28 Thread Jeff Garzik
Martins Krikis wrote: Without this patch, if the BIOS of an ICH6R box has IDE set to "RAID" mode then ata_piix will not find any SATA disks because it incorrectly tries the legacy mode. With the patch all 4 SATA drives become visible. I don't think it would break any other vendor's SATA, but you

[RFC PATCH 2.4] ata_piix on ich6r in RAID mode

2005-01-28 Thread Martins Krikis
Jeff, You might have come across this hack before, but I figured I should remind you that it is still very useful for ata_piix... Without this patch, if the BIOS of an ICH6R box has IDE set to "RAID" mode then ata_piix will not find any SATA disks because it incorrectly tries the legacy mode.

[RFC PATCH 2.4] ata_piix on ich6r in RAID mode

2005-01-28 Thread Martins Krikis
Jeff, You might have come across this hack before, but I figured I should remind you that it is still very useful for ata_piix... Without this patch, if the BIOS of an ICH6R box has IDE set to RAID mode then ata_piix will not find any SATA disks because it incorrectly tries the legacy mode. With

Re: [RFC PATCH 2.4] ata_piix on ich6r in RAID mode

2005-01-28 Thread Jeff Garzik
Martins Krikis wrote: Without this patch, if the BIOS of an ICH6R box has IDE set to RAID mode then ata_piix will not find any SATA disks because it incorrectly tries the legacy mode. With the patch all 4 SATA drives become visible. I don't think it would break any other vendor's SATA, but you can

Re: [RFC PATCH 2.4] ata_piix on ich6r in RAID mode

2005-01-28 Thread Martins Krikis
--- Jeff Garzik [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Martins Krikis wrote: Without this patch, if the BIOS of an ICH6R box has IDE set to RAID mode then ata_piix will not find any SATA disks because it incorrectly tries the legacy mode. With the patch all 4 SATA drives become visible. I don't