liml@xxxxxx said: > So that's using the old IDE drivers. And the network and USB are sharing > IRQ#11 with each other. > If you are going to be using newer kernels like this (2.6.23+), then you > might consider shifting those drives over to libata drivers. > This involves a little bit of work -- building a kernel with libata and > "ata_piix" built-in instead of the old IDE drivers, and then rearranging /etc/ > fstab to match the new device names (eg. /dev/sda instead of /dev/hda). > But at this point libata is working much better than the old IDE stuff, and > it really is worth moving things over if you can. Ok, I'll take a stab at that tomorrow. Two things... Is smartd prepared to handle /dev/sdX style devices? If this is the prefered driver these days, maybe it shouldn't be marked experimental in the menu anymore? /A - 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
