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From: Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] AHCI/IDE-question
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 20:28:27
Message-Id: AANLkTi=8_WZxoHDDHRrU=uF0wiMLsueZU=PeeJKETWm+@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] AHCI/IDE-question by meino.cramer@gmx.de
1 On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 12:11 PM, <meino.cramer@×××.de> wrote:
2 <SNIP>
3 >
4 >
5 > Last thing which remains is: Why does the help of the kernel says
6 > to both AHCI-settings: "If unsure, say N"... ?
7 >
8
9 Because if you're not sure you have SATA then you don't need the driver? :-)
10
11 It could just as easily say "Y" or "M" but they mostly seem to opt for
12 a smaller kernel in those defaults instead of more functionality.
13
14 Just my opinion.
15
16 Cheers,
17 Mark