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Subject: Re: SATA NCQ by software?
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Jo=E3o Carlos Mendes Lu=EDs wrote:
> Hi,
>=20
>     To use the advantages of SATA NCQ, do I have to use a specific
> controller, or is this only a software matter?

Both actually, and a disk that supports it as well.

I'm working on getting the ATA driver to handle NCQ (and the older TCQ=20
for that matter).

--=20

-S=F8ren