[ltp] Which SATA driver to use?

Marc MERLIN linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Wed, 26 Dec 2007 22:32:59 -0800


On Wed, Dec 26, 2007 at 11:02:22PM +0100, Marcus Better wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm confused as to which SATA driver I should use for my Thinkpad R60 with
> recent (2.6.24-rc) kernel. Currently I have the ahci driver built-in
> (CONFIG_SATA_AHCI=y), but the system fails to find the DVD.
> 
> The DVD did work before, when possibly I was using the ata_piix driver
> instead.

If your R60 is like my Z61p, you need both drivers:
ahci for the boot drive and ata_piix for the ultrabay.

See this page, which I just updated:
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/How_to_hotswap_UltraBay_devices

Marc
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