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| author | Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org> | 2013-05-11 00:34:50 +0200 |
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| committer | Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org> | 2013-05-11 00:34:50 +0200 |
| commit | 4bfeb927ae2401b25c86843cc0c2d39462eef8ad (patch) | |
| tree | 5db711826565b9ec7dd7ea5e85ff8e9a177940a9 /microkernel | |
| parent | 19e8c3558e215189e9e5483ea0344bcac61a42dd (diff) | |
AHCI is here
Diffstat (limited to 'microkernel')
| -rw-r--r-- | microkernel/mach/gnumach/hardware_compatibility_list.mdwn | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/microkernel/mach/gnumach/hardware_compatibility_list.mdwn b/microkernel/mach/gnumach/hardware_compatibility_list.mdwn index 3a4f560c..587178e9 100644 --- a/microkernel/mach/gnumach/hardware_compatibility_list.mdwn +++ b/microkernel/mach/gnumach/hardware_compatibility_list.mdwn @@ -71,17 +71,17 @@ e.g. drives with hundreds of GiB of storage space, see [[!GNU_Savannah_bug ## SATA -SATA drives may work in compatibility mode. +SATA drives can work in IDE compatibility mode or in AHCI mode. This is how booting a [[GNU/Hurd_system|hurd]] will typically fail if GNU Mach -couldn't connect to the hard disk, e.g., in a SATA system without IDE +couldn't connect to the hard disk, e.g., in a SATA system without IDE or AHCI compatibility mode: start (hd0,3)/hurd/ext2fs.static: (hd0,3)/hurd/ext2fs.static device:hd0s4: No such device or address -There *may* be an option in the system's BIOS setup to configure enabling such -a compatibility mode. +There should be an option in the system's BIOS setup to configure enabling at +least the AHCI compatibility mode. # Device Drivers |