Why is AHCI built-in?

[Ian Pilcher]

On 08/19/2013 01:19 PM, Kyle McMartin wrote:
> because it's commonly used and found on basically every machine now.
> there are many advantages to having it built in that outweigh the cons.

A couple of questions:

- What are the advantages of having the driver built-in, as compared to
  simply ensuring that it's always included in the initramfs?

- Was this change discussed anywhere?

Thanks!

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