Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 10 Jan 2007 13:19:41 -0500 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: SATA/IDE Dual Mode w/Intel 945 Chipset or HOW TO LIQUIFY a flash IDE chip under 2.6.18 |
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Prakash Punnoor wrote: > Am Mittwoch 10 Januar 2007 18:47 schrieb Lennart Sorensen: >> On Wed, Jan 10, 2007 at 06:29:28PM +0100, Prakash Punnoor wrote: >>> You can install the Intel Matrix driver after "adjusting" the inf file... >> Hmm, I guess a good question is: Why should I have to edit the inf file? >> Is it an issue of them making it only install if your hardware is >> already set to ahci mode? But how am I supposed to boot and install the >> driver until I have the driver installed then. Well I might try that >> next time I go there. How stupid of intel. > > Intel wants you to buy hw with ICH8R. ICH8 isn't get the advanced features for > free....
What advanced features do you claim are missing from ICH8?
The 'R' indicates software RAID, provided by BIOS and a software driver. Which uses the standard AHCI programming interface. ICH8 provides AHCI, just like ICH8R does.
Jeff
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