On Thu, 14 Jan 2010, Robert Hancock wrote: > > Maybe it is the silicon AHCI in ICH6R that is immature, and one is much > > better of using it in IDE mode? > > That seems unlikely, since the Intel-provided Matrix Storage drivers > for that controller on Windows will be using AHCI mode.. That doesn't say much. If the change doesn't risk switching unaware users from IDE mode to AHCI, it is not a problem. But if it does, why risk it? It is not like anyone that wants hotplug and has an ICH6-R/M system won't have figured it out by now how to get it to use AHCI, these are NOT new systems. AHCI in ICH6R or ICH6M is not always an advantage. You don't want it on ICH6-M in a laptop if it is not going to use the hotplug, for example. In AHCI mode, the chip draws more power. -- "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-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
