On 2007-10-02, Willie Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 02, 2007 at 03:00:49PM +0000, Penguin Lover Grant Edwards
> squawked:
>> You probably want to disable generic IDE support and enable the
>> combined SATA/PATA stuff in the new one. The ATA stuff has
>> been completely redone between 2.6.21 and 2.6.22.
>
> I just installed 2.6.23-rc[some number here] a few days ago,
> and the PATA stuff is labeled [experimental] while SATA is
> [prod]. I haven't been really keeping up with the news, but
> how stable is the PATA driver?
I've been using it for a week or so with no issues.
> (I am currently still on generic IDE) Is there a
> performance/?? benefit from the new PATA driver?
I couldn't get some of my machines to boot with the generic IDE
support enabled. It apparently now conflicts with SATA
support.
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