----- Randy.Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, 18 Apr 2006 13:59:05 +0000 (UTC) Frido Ferdinand wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > How can i see that PIIX is either from libata or the usual IDE > drivers. I have > > both enabled in the kernel but not sure which takes presedence, will > the drives > > show up as /dev/sda ? disks used are non-sata/normal ide disks. > > If both are built into the kernel (=y and not modules), legacy > IDE drivers take precedence since ide/ is ahead of scsi/ in > drivers/Makefile (libata drivers are in scsi/). > > I have no idea about precedence if you are using initrd or initramfs. > > And if legacy ide and scsi are both modules, you won't boot... > (without using initrd or initramfs). if I have both ahci and ata_piix modules in initrd (as is the case in most distros), is there any way of passing a parameter to the kernel to tell it which one i want? ahci seems to take preference on my ICH6M but the ata_piix module works better. dom > > --- > ~Randy > - > : send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" > in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
