Re: [PATCH] SATA NCQ support

[Jeff Garzik]

Matthias Andree wrote:
> OK, so this is for AHCI. What are the options for people whose
> mainboards aren't blessed with AHCI, but use for instance VIA or older
> Promise chips? Buy new hardware? Or wait until someone comes up with an
> implementation?


As Jens mentioned, NCQ support requires both device and hardware have 
explicit NCQ support.  That eliminates most of Linux's supported SATA 
controllers, none of which support NCQ.

Don't have a heart attack, though, SATA is pretty fast even without NCQ.

	Jeff


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