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Date:      Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:51:35 +0200
From:      Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl>
To:        Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: AHCI and Gigabyte GA-G31M-ES2L
Message-ID:  <20100730065135.GA51952@slackbox.erewhon.net>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1007291848110.934@wonkity.com>
References:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.1007291848110.934@wonkity.com>

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On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 08:29:37PM -0600, Warren Block wrote:
> The Gigabyte GA-G31M-ES2L has an ICH7, one PATA port, and four SATA=20
> ports.  This one now has the latest BIOS, F10.
>=20
> Is it possible to run AHCI on this motherboard and chipset?

Only some ICH7 chipsets are able to run with AHCI.=20

Check the 'atapci' devices in the output of 'pciconf -lv'. Only if it says
"subclass =3D SATA" below "class=3Dmass storage", it is AHCI capable.

This may be affected by BIOS settings, though.

Roland
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