david <[email protected]> writes: > Daniel Pittman wrote: >> david <[email protected]> writes: >>> Daniel Pittman wrote: >>>> david <[email protected]> writes: >>>>> Daniel Pittman wrote: >>>>>> david <[email protected]> writes:
[...] >>> Nothing in dmesg. As far as I can see, nothing in BIOS :( >> >> That sucks. Sadly, it was the fashion for vendors to offer only the >> compatibility mode of operation for a while. >> >> You could try "lsmod | egrep 'ahci|piix'" and see what the output is. >> If both are present, and both are in active use life is harder, but just >> one present would be a start. > > da...@david:~$ lsmod | egrep -i "ahci|piix" > ata_piix 24580 4 > libata 177312 3 pata_acpi,ata_generic,ata_piix So, only the PIIX mode drivers. Alas, unless your BIOS supports a switch out of "compatibility" mode, or there is a newer BIOS, you are probably not going to get real hotswap ... and the GNOME report is a fib. :/ > I found this: http://linux-ata.org/driver-status.html That is outdated by the wiki link, where the newer status updates have migrated. I wish the Linux SATA people would automatically redirect, but such is life. Regards, Daniel -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
