Re: [PATCH] sata_nv,ahci: add the ahci legacy mode support to sata_nv

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peer chen wrote:
I hope one of the following patches can be merged to 2.6.24.
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http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/10/8/93
http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/9/25/20

Unfortunately I do not feel like this is the right course of action.

Experience from Intel platforms tells us that our users get very unhappy when their silicon supports AHCI mode, but they are forced into using a less-performant mode. A popular example is an <unnamed> OEM whose BIOS had no method whatsoever for enabling AHCI -- didn't even program the PCI BAR -- even though tests showed the AHCI mode worked just fine when manually programmed.

AHCI is more likely to provide a /stable/ Serial ATA experience, because the silicon deals primarily with sending and receiving FIS's, and not much else. In constrast, experience has shown the legacy IDE interface to be a less reliable method of SATA support. And certainly AHCI is much, much faster with less per-command overhead.

Given that AHCI is both faster and more stable, I feel it is the best policy to enable AHCI when the hardware supports it, regardless of PCI class code (IDE, SATA, or RAID).


Yes, I agree to set the 'swncq' as default for 2.6.24, after all, for
our server customers, stability is far more important than the new
feature no matter the problem is caused by drive or controller.

Agreed.  Done!

	Jeff




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