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Message-ID: <45A52E3D.20005@garzik.org>
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 13:19:41 -0500
From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To: Prakash Punnoor <prakash@...noor.de>
CC: Lennart Sorensen <lsorense@...lub.uwaterloo.ca>,
"Jeff V. Merkey" <jmerkey@...fmountaingroup.com>,
Linux kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: SATA/IDE Dual Mode w/Intel 945 Chipset or HOW TO LIQUIFY a flash
IDE chip under 2.6.18
Prakash Punnoor wrote:
> Am Mittwoch 10 Januar 2007 18:47 schrieb Lennart Sorensen:
>> On Wed, Jan 10, 2007 at 06:29:28PM +0100, Prakash Punnoor wrote:
>>> You can install the Intel Matrix driver after "adjusting" the inf file...
>> Hmm, I guess a good question is: Why should I have to edit the inf file?
>> Is it an issue of them making it only install if your hardware is
>> already set to ahci mode? But how am I supposed to boot and install the
>> driver until I have the driver installed then. Well I might try that
>> next time I go there. How stupid of intel.
>
> Intel wants you to buy hw with ICH8R. ICH8 isn't get the advanced features for
> free....
What advanced features do you claim are missing from ICH8?
The 'R' indicates software RAID, provided by BIOS and a software driver.
Which uses the standard AHCI programming interface. ICH8 provides
AHCI, just like ICH8R does.
Jeff
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