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Date:      Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:09:19 -0700
From:      "Steve Franks" <stevefranks@ieee.org>
To:        "Jeremy Chadwick" <koitsu@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: sata hotswap on Intel ICH7
Message-ID:  <539c60b90810201109t4504d87dy727220c6663a4281@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20081020172515.GA8705@icarus.home.lan>
References:  <539c60b90810201018v455513a0tdc97d7465e6623c3@mail.gmail.com> <20081020172515.GA8705@icarus.home.lan>

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> It also requires that you be using SATA in "Enhanced" mode, or under
> AHCI.  Using SATA in "Emulation" or "Compatible" mode (e.g. a 2-channel
> SATA controller will assign disks as ata0-master and ata0-slave) will
> not work how you expect.  AHCI is preferred, if available.

Ok, I followed the rest, but is the part above a function of the bios,
the hardware, a sysctl, or what?  Sounds like bios, I'll have a
look...

Thanks,
Steve



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