[opensuse] Any Ideas? Does openSUSE 11.1 support Intel ICH9R as an AHCI out-of-the-box
Does anyone know if AHCI is built into the Linux Kernel that comes with openSUSE 11.1? Please reply.
I have an Intel® Matrix Storage ICH9R setup as RAID but openSUSE doesn't like it and always shows disks as non-RAID sata. So I'm thinking of dismantling the RAID to switch to AHCI in the BIOS.
I loaded Linux AHCI driver from JMicron (I have ahci JMicron controller too) so I wasn't sure if ICH9R was also using the same driver.
Before I do that, the big question is: does openSUSE 11.1 provide ahci driver out-of-the-box or is there a Linux ahci floppy driver download?
This system won't boot as usual because GRUB goes with the BIOS (ICH9R is RAID), but openSUSE sees all disks as individual sata.
Some one who knows or has an experience, please let me know. This's a new machine & the first time I put Linux. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 4:34 PM, Yas say <baladeh@yahoo.com> wrote:
Does anyone know if AHCI is built into the Linux Kernel that comes with openSUSE 11.1? Please reply.
AHCI is a class of SATA controllers. The basic AHCI functionality is definitely in the kernel. The reason you need to test is to see if the specific controller / PCI-bus / etc. that you have will trigger the AHCI driver to load and run. If it does not, it is typically straight forward to get PCI-IDs, etc. added to the vanilla kernel, but that will not help you. Therefore, I still recommend you test via the LiveCD OpenSUSE provides. It uses the same kernel as the full product and one of the reasons it exists is to allow people such as yourself to perform hardware compatibility tests. Greg -- Greg Freemyer Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer First 99 Days Litigation White Paper - http://www.norcrossgroup.com/forms/whitepapers/99%20Days%20whitepaper.pdf The Norcross Group The Intersection of Evidence & Technology http://www.norcrossgroup.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Greg: I think you missed my first couple of posts. I have openSuSE running on this machine right now. The issue is: it did not detect hardware the way they are setup - RAID. I want dismantle RAID, if opensuse supports AHCI. Please remember that the LiveCD will have more drivers and power than the distro. I have seen that before and you will find posts online about it. I asked one simple question. If you do not know exact answer, please do not guess it. Otherwise, people who may have replied will hesitate. thanks --- On Tue, 1/13/09, Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer@gmail.com> wrote:
From: Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [opensuse] Any Ideas? Does openSUSE 11.1 support Intel ICH9R as an AHCI out-of-the-box To: baladeh@yahoo.com Cc: opensuse@opensuse.org Date: Tuesday, January 13, 2009, 10:13 PM On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 4:34 PM, Yas say <baladeh@yahoo.com> wrote:
Does anyone know if AHCI is built into the Linux Kernel that comes with openSUSE 11.1? Please reply.
AHCI is a class of SATA controllers. The basic AHCI functionality is definitely in the kernel.
The reason you need to test is to see if the specific controller / PCI-bus / etc. that you have will trigger the AHCI driver to load and run.
If it does not, it is typically straight forward to get PCI-IDs, etc. added to the vanilla kernel, but that will not help you.
Therefore, I still recommend you test via the LiveCD OpenSUSE provides. It uses the same kernel as the full product and one of the reasons it exists is to allow people such as yourself to perform hardware compatibility tests.
Greg -- Greg Freemyer Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer First 99 Days Litigation White Paper - http://www.norcrossgroup.com/forms/whitepapers/99%20Days%20whitepaper.pdf
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On 2009-01-13T15:21:36, Yas say <baladeh@yahoo.com> wrote:
Please remember that the LiveCD will have more drivers and power than the distro. I have seen that before and you will find posts online about it.
Uh? The LiveCD is build from the distro itself; how can it have more drivers and more power? If the LiveCD works, so will the kernel. But unless I'm mistaken, the ICH9R raid is not true hw raid, so you need the dmraid package to use it; but even that should work fine. (Or later versions of mdadm with DDF support, but I'm not sure that's in 11.1 yet.) Regards, Lars -- Teamlead Kernel, SuSE Labs, Research and Development SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) "Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes." -- Oscar Wilde -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
--- On Tue, 1/13/09, Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer@gmail.com> wrote:
From: Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [opensuse] Any Ideas? Does openSUSE 11.1 support Intel ICH9R as an AHCI out-of-the-box To: baladeh@yahoo.com Cc: opensuse@opensuse.org Date: Tuesday, January 13, 2009, 10:13 PM On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 4:34 PM, Yas say <baladeh@yahoo.com> wrote:
Does anyone know if AHCI is built into the Linux Kernel that comes with openSUSE 11.1? Please reply.
AHCI is a class of SATA controllers. The basic AHCI functionality is definitely in the kernel.
The reason you need to test is to see if the specific controller / PCI-bus / etc. that you have will trigger the AHCI driver to load and run.
If it does not, it is typically straight forward to get PCI-IDs, etc. added to the vanilla kernel, but that will not help you.
Therefore, I still recommend you test via the LiveCD OpenSUSE provides. It uses the same kernel as the full product and one of the reasons it exists is to allow people such as yourself to perform hardware compatibility tests.
Greg
====>Top-posting moved to Bottom-post as desired on this list. On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 6:21 PM, Yas say <baladeh@yahoo.com> wrote:
Greg:
I think you missed my first couple of posts. I have openSuSE running on this machine right now. The issue is: it did not detect hardware the way they are setup - RAID. I want dismantle RAID, if opensuse supports AHCI.
Please remember that the LiveCD will have more drivers and power than the distro. I have seen that before and you will find posts online about it.
I asked one simple question. If you do not know exact answer, please do not guess it. Otherwise, people who may have replied will hesitate.
thanks
SATA controller cards have different modes. When you change the mode you cause a different PCI-ID to be returned by the controller. That is what triggers different drivers to kick in for different modes of the controller. So that fact that your controller in RAID mode has problems is totally meaningless when asking if it will work in AHCI mode. FYI: In AHCI mode, if you want raid support you have to use mdraid (software raid) and your current raid will be lost. Greg -- Greg Freemyer Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer First 99 Days Litigation White Paper - http://www.norcrossgroup.com/forms/whitepapers/99%20Days%20whitepaper.pdf The Norcross Group The Intersection of Evidence & Technology http://www.norcrossgroup.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Yas say schreef:
Greg:
I think you missed my first couple of posts.
Because YOU broke the thread. * You changed the subject * Your mail client left out the "In-Reply-To" header. Look what I did: I changed the subject again, but my mail client (Thunderbird) should leave the "In-Reply-To" header. That way my email will show up in the right thread, if you are using a civilized MUA. -- Amedee -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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