On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 09:04:21AM -0500, erik quanstrom wrote:
> could you send me the output of pci from
> your plan 9 machine?  it would also be helpful
> if you could copy down the output of the e820 scan
> and send that along.  sata (ahci) should be supported
> on your machine, i believe.

Here's the pci -v log.
How do I get you that e820 scan?
 
> on a laptop, i don't think one would notice a difference in 
> transfer rate.  the main advantages of sata are support for more
> than 4 devices and support for more than 2 devices on non-shared
> links and support for hot plugging.  it is also easier to mix
> pata & sata drives if the sata drives are treated as sata drives.

Thx for the tip. Then if I can't get sata to work on plan9, maybe I'll
modify my linux install so that it uses pata (so that I don't have to
switch it in the bios everytime I switch of os).

Mathieu.

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