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On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 12:45 PM, <meino.cramer@×××.de> wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> I got a little confused about the sense or nonsense of AHCI vs. IDE. |
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> I run a ASUS Crosshair IV Formula, which BIOS has a menu entry to |
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> configure the SATA ports either for IDE or AHCI or RAID. Forget RAID |
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> for a momen -- I dont use it (nothing against RAID ! ;) |
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Consider "IDE" to mean "Compatibility mode". |
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I just RTFM for your manual, it tells that if you want to use NCQ or |
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hot-plugging you must enable AHCI in BIOS. |
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I have a Gigabyte motherboard and it's the same way. If I use "IDE" |
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mode, kernel must use a different driver (it's still not really IDE. |
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When I use AHCI, it uses the ahci driver in kernel and all features |
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and full speed are available. |
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I think it's a bad name, just like "Keyboard: DOS/USB" setting, when |
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"DOS" really means "PS/2 Emulation from BIOS" or whatever. |
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So, use AHCI, be happy. ;) |
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