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List:       linux-thinkpad
Subject:    Re: [ltp] Ultrabase X6: No SATA support, just PATA-SATA bridge?
From:       Andreas Gredler <jimmy () g-tec ! co ! at>
Date:       2007-06-27 11:03:09
Message-ID: 20070627110309.GG3275 () ultimate
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On Wed, Jun 27, 2007 at 03:53:42AM +0200, Jan Kundrát wrote:
> Andreas Gredler wrote:
> > But in AHCI mode the 2nd harddisk is always claimed by ide-generic
> > instead of libata. And I don't want to use compatible mode in the BIOS.
> > The only workaround that I discovered is to use ide-generic as module
> > and unload/load the module for hotswapping.
> 
> Well, and do you have to use the ide-generic code at all? If libata
> works for you, why not be bold and switch to it completely?

I want to, but it doesn't work. If I prevent the ide driver to be loaded
(ide0=noprobe) the harddisk is not detected by libata. That's the
problem described earlier. In compatible mode it works, in AHCI mode I
can't find a way to let libata handle the 2nd harddisk, too.

greets Jimmy

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