Re: [PATCH] Add quirk to set AHCI mode on ICH boards

From: Jeff Garzik
Date: Thu Nov 08 2007 - 22:46:35 EST


On Thu, Nov 08, 2007 at 10:29:37PM -0500, Mark Lord wrote:
> And I might even privately patch my own kernels to map the ACHI BAR
> in the cases where the BIOS didn't...

The inability to do this in the general case is the main reason why
AHCI was not unconditionally enabled, even in IDE mode, when it was
originally added... :/

Jeff, taking a trip down memory lane



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