>> Googling revealed, that the SATA-ports in the VT8251 _should_ be >> AHCI-compliant and therefor supported by Linux. > > vt8251 *is* ahci-compliant, and in bios there is option to set > up sata controller as ide, or ahci. But no matter what you set, > vt8251/sata is not recognised with standard 2.6.15 kernel... > > But there is unofficial patch/mod for ahci.c, and right now > I'm testing it. BTW, I have read on via forum that kernel-dev's > refused to include this patch in official kernel tree, because > there is something peculiar about it (some fix they do not like). > BTW, it's made by via and modified by some developers...
IMHO, the patch should only include the PCI-Id or something like that - well, but the patch doesn't seem to be as simple as that. Do you have a link to the patch? or even a link to the discussion in the LKML? Thanks Sven
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