From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1SLXtf-0001z3-BX for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 21 Apr 2012 10:50:31 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CB8FAE0730; Sat, 21 Apr 2012 10:50:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svr-us4.tirtonadi.com (svr-us4.tirtonadi.com [69.65.43.212]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BAAFE05CF for ; Sat, 21 Apr 2012 10:48:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-lb0-f181.google.com ([209.85.217.181]) by svr-us4.tirtonadi.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SLXs8-000l2h-Et for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sat, 21 Apr 2012 17:48:56 +0700 Received: by lbdb5 with SMTP id b5so5292475lbd.40 for ; Sat, 21 Apr 2012 03:48:51 -0700 (PDT) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.112.86.231 with SMTP id s7mr4393066lbz.11.1335005331059; Sat, 21 Apr 2012 03:48:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.112.88.147 with HTTP; Sat, 21 Apr 2012 03:48:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.112.88.147 with HTTP; Sat, 21 Apr 2012 03:48:50 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20120421102249.GA3352@ca.inter.net> References: <20120420092558.GB3359@ca.inter.net> <5909216.Pl1iQuuaXC@energy> <20120421021230.GA3368@ca.inter.net> <4F9225C3.4070305@coolmail.se> <87lilpts4r.fsf@newton.gmurray.org.uk> <20120421102249.GA3352@ca.inter.net> Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2012 17:48:50 +0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] changed motherboard, no AHCI [SOLVED] From: Pandu Poluan To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=f46d0401fadb87f40904be2e2604 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - svr-us4.tirtonadi.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lists.gentoo.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - poluan.info X-Archives-Salt: 665690af-d217-4b89-b94d-6cce4c7255ad X-Archives-Hash: e151c800d871d83e8c3f90cbfa7d0be2 --f46d0401fadb87f40904be2e2604 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Apr 21, 2012 5:26 PM, "Philip Webb" wrote: > > 120421 Graham Murray wrote: > > pk writes: > >> On 2012-04-21 04:12, Philip Webb wrote: > >>> It's an Asus P5G41T-M LX & the manual says : > >> the chipset on that mobo is G41 (released in 2008) and it combines > >> with ICH7 which unfortunately doesn't seem to support AHCI. > > If it is an ICH which does not support AHCI, then try the option > > for "Intel ESB, ICH, PIIX3, PIIX4 PATA/SATA Support" > > which generates the PIIX driver. > > Thanks enormously ! -- that's the solution (ATA_PIIX). > > I'm surprised that the newer mobo (G41) dropped support for AHCI > which the older mobo (G33) had, but it shouldn't make much difference > & I'm planning to build an upto-date machine later in the year. > That's Intel for you. Similar situation with their CPUs. I always feel depressed if I have to purchase an Intel CPU. Feature support (e.g. VT-x) are not guaranteed to exist, even when the CPU is a new one. Rgds, --f46d0401fadb87f40904be2e2604 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8


On Apr 21, 2012 5:26 PM, "Philip Webb" <purslow@ca.inter.net> wrote:
>
> 120421 Graham Murray wrote:
> > pk <peterk2@coolmail.se> writes:
> >> On 2012-04-21 04:12, Philip Webb wrote:
> >>> It's an Asus P5G41T-M LX & the manual says :
> >> the chipset on that mobo is G41 (released in 2008) and it combines
> >> with ICH7 which unfortunately doesn't seem to support AHCI.
> > If it is an ICH which does not support AHCI, then try the option
> > for "Intel ESB, ICH, PIIX3, PIIX4 PATA/SATA Support"
> > which generates the PIIX driver.
>
> Thanks enormously ! -- that's the solution (ATA_PIIX).
>
> I'm surprised that the newer mobo (G41) dropped support for AHCI
> which the older mobo (G33) had, but it shouldn't make much difference
> & I'm planning to build an upto-date machine later in the year.
>

That's Intel for you. Similar situation with their CPUs.

I always feel depressed if I have to purchase an Intel CPU. Feature support (e.g. VT-x) are not guaranteed to exist, even when the CPU is a new one.

Rgds,

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