From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <8d17e35e84454d002295373ff641c432@quanstro.net> References: <8d17e35e84454d002295373ff641c432@quanstro.net> Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 07:31:01 -0400 Message-ID: <9ab217670907130431v1d4eec2cga827afb8319dfd23@mail.gmail.com> From: "Devon H. O'Dell" To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [9fans] ide fix? Topicbox-Message-UUID: 1d11d26c-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 2009/7/13 erik quanstrom : > after a week of fighting with an atom with ich7r sata in > ide mode, i finally found the secret sauce that keeps it > from "hanging." =A0i pushed out a changed > quanstro/9load-e820 and quanstro/sd which boot on my > atom machine in ide mode without causing interrupt storms. > other changes were included work around ahci power quirks > for this chipset, if your bios supports it, i would recommend > ahci mode. =A0i also pushed out a version of ether8169 as > quanstro/8169 that supports the particular 8169 macs that > are in my atom machine (and jumbo frames). > > i have a feeling that these changes may be helpful in > correcting other intel ich-based ide problems. =A0i've got > an intel ich6-based machine that has exhibited similar > symptoms at work that i hope to test tomorrow. > > i'll be interested to hear if these changes work for > other people. > > - erik This sounds promising for that ICH laptop with the 320G drive that magically doesn't work (though the 120GB one that was in it was fine). How do I get this on a disc to try it out? --dho