Kernel config - What IDE driver for aged P3 machine?
hello!
i'm very confused by the kernel-options for ATA ./. SATA there are two main options for my hardware: Code:
│ Symbol: PATA_OLDPIIX [=m] │ Code:
│ Symbol: BLK_DEV_PIIX [=y] │ Code:
│ Symbol: BLK_DEV_IDE_SATA [=n] │ lspci: Code:
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801BA IDE U100 Controller (rev 05) (prog-if 80 [Master]) i want performance. i compiled both as modules, but only the first (ATA) gets loaded and gives this at boot: dmesg: Code:
<...snip...> lsmod: Code:
p3wrk:/home/marquisor# lsmod |grep ide thx in advance! regards marquisor |
By no means am I a guru on such matters, but I offer this advice.
Somewhere around kernel revision 2.6.22, an essential revision was made. All hard drives, whether IDE, SATA, or SCSI are treated as SCSI devices; either native SCSI or emulated-SCSI. Therefore, to be on the safe side, I'd suggest that you compile the kernel with all IDE, SATA, and SCSI enabled and let the kernel determine which modules it needs for your system. That would at least get you up and running. As you learn more about Debian in particular, and GNU/Linux in general, you should be able to reconfigure your kernel to remove unnecessary modules. That, in a nutshell, is the approach I took when I first entered the Linux world about 10 years ago. |
Get rid of all the old/deprecated stuff. Under BMDMA pick "INTEL ESB, ICH ..." (probably the first option) then any other (SCSI) you might need.
See how that goes. |
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