On Thu, 26 Jul 2007, Florian Echtler wrote: >> I have a notebook (Acer Aspire 5550) with the Intel ICH7 chipset (see >> attached lspci output). Unfortunately, the SATA controller is stuck in >> non-AHCI mode and the braindead BIOS doesn't allow me to change that. Is >> it possible to change the controller to AHCI mode in software, e.g. >> through ACPI? > Unfortunately, nobody on linux-ide seemed to have an answer for this so > far. Therefore, I am hoping that some of you ACPI guys can probably help me > out.. ACPI guys don't, this has nothing to do with ACPI, but thinkpad guys can. There is a patch out there to do just that (force-enable AHCI). Try googling for force AHCI or force-enable AHCI, etc. Sorry, I don't have the patch around. And be aware that it is your problem if this croaks something should your BIOS try to talk to the disks at poweroff/suspend/etc. -- "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot Henrique Holschuh - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
