ACHI support

[Matthew Saltzman]

On Wed, 2007-08-22 at 12:58 +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> > So in my case, is there a workaround to get it going?
> > 
> > 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA AHCI Controller not detected on boot
> > in Thinkpad T61
> 
> The ICH8M/M-E isn't known by the FC7 install kernel (its a tiny bit too
> new)
> 
> Booting with ata_generic.all_generic_ide=1 as a boot option if the
> controller is in non-AHCI mode may help, otherwise you need a newer
> install image from someone.

I got the install done with the controller in compatibility mode (no
boot options needed).  But I can't boot the latest production kernel in
AHCI mode either--stops with a kernel panic.  Is kernel-2.6.22.1-41.fc7
still not new enough?

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                Matthew Saltzman

Clemson University Math Sciences
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