[TriLUG] The new *ata options in the new kernels
jason at monsterjam.org
jason at monsterjam.org
Tue Feb 6 16:25:31 EST 2007
my apologies then.. I dont have the .20 yet to give it a look..
Jason
On Tue,
Feb 06, 2007 at 04:23:23PM -0500, Andrew Perrin wrote:
> Unless I've missed it, there's no information there.
>
> ap
>
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>
> On Tue, 6 Feb 2007, jason at monsterjam.org wrote:
>
> >usually in the
> >/usr/src/linux/Documentation dir theres some info about stuff like that.
> >but not sure about which one to use..
> >
> >Jason
> >
> >On Tue, Feb 06, 2007 at 04:01:10PM -0500, Andrew Perrin
> >wrote:
> >>I downloaded and was picking around the 2.6.20 kernel today, largely
> >>because I'd like support for k8temp, the hardware temperature monitor for
> >>AMD Athlon64 chips. There's a new section in the configuration titled:
> >>
> >> Serial ATA (prod) and Parallel ATA (experimental) drivers
> >>
> >>This is distinct from the old ATA/ATAPI/MFM/RLL support, which still
> >>exists as well.
> >>
> >>I can't find much online about this addition. Anybody know the background
> >>for the addition? Most importantly, should one use this, the older "ide"
> >>drivers, or both for PATA? Why?
> >>
> >>Thanks-
> >>Andy
> >>
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> >>University of North Carolina - CB#3210, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3210 USA
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