>>Not true. Having the DID in the switch only determines whether you >>can do DMA or not. The info provided shows the controller is mapped >>at the legacy ATA addresses so any drives >>on it should be found. DMA is icing on the cake.
indeed on the first amd64 system i used here, plan 9 found the SATA i'd over-enthusastically configured, and used it happily (but linux couldn't find it without help). i added the dma case: later.
