From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758267Ab0HKR2K (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Aug 2010 13:28:10 -0400 Received: from dell.nexicom.net ([216.168.96.13]:46457 "EHLO smtp.nexicom.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754491Ab0HKR2J (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Aug 2010 13:28:09 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 567 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Wed, 11 Aug 2010 13:28:09 EDT Message-ID: <4C62DB6E.5010001@lockie.ca> Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 13:18:38 -0400 From: James User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.8) Gecko/20100809 Lightning/1.0b2pre Thunderbird/3.1.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Kernel Mailing List Subject: kernel config Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org CONFIG_SATA_AHCI │ This option enables support for AHCI Serial ATA. │ │ │ │ If unsure, say N. CONFIG_ATA_SFF: │ │ │ │ This option adds support for ATA controllers with SFF │ │ compliant or similar programming interface. │ │ │ │ SFF is the legacy IDE interface that has been around since │ │ the dawn of time. Almost all PATA controllers have an │ │ SFF interface. Many SATA controllers have an SFF interface │ │ when configured into a legacy compatibility mode. │ │ │ │ For users with exclusively modern controllers like AHCI, │ │ Silicon Image 3124, or Marvell 6440, you may choose to │ │ disable this unneeded SFF support. I recently configured and compiled the 2.6.35.1 kernel. I suggest moving │ │ For users with exclusively modern controllers like AHCI, │ │ Silicon Image 3124, or Marvell 6440, you may choose to │ │ disable this unneeded SFF support. to the CONFIG_SATA_AHCI option.