I was thinking that if a functional difference was found, it would be easier to tweak. There are differences between the ICH8 and ICH9 SATA controller. For example, the PCS register now has port present bits that used to be reserved in ICH8. I'm not sure how or if these could be used in ata_piix. Jason >-----Original Message----- >From: Tejun Heo [mailto:htejun@xxxxxxxxx] >Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 5:23 PM >To: Gaston, Jason D >Cc: jgarzik@xxxxxxxxx; linux-ide@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux- >kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.19-rc6][RESEND] ata_piix: IDE mode SATA patch for >Intel ICH9 > >Jason Gaston wrote: >> This patch adds the Intel ICH9 IDE mode SATA controller DID's. >> >> Signed-off-by: Jason Gaston <jason.d.gaston@xxxxxxxxx> >> >> --- linux-2.6.19-rc6/drivers/ata/ata_piix.c.orig 2006-11-20 >04:58:48.000000000 -0800 >> +++ linux-2.6.19-rc6/drivers/ata/ata_piix.c 2006-11-20 >06:15:12.000000000 -0800 > >Yeap, it came through fine this time, but ich8 and ich9 are identical >from ata_piix's point of view. Don't add ich9_sata_ahci, just use >ich8_sata_ahci. > >-- >tejun - To unsubscribe from this list: 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
