Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:04:30 +0200 From: Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Any way to force AHCI mode on ICH8? Message-ID: <i6aevt$3b9$1@dough.gmane.org> In-Reply-To: <4C8825E7.5080000@pp.dyndns.biz> References: <4C8825E7.5080000@pp.dyndns.biz>
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On 09/09/10 02:10, Morgan Wesström wrote: > I run FreeBSD 8.1 on an old Asus P5B-VM motherboard with ICH8. Its AMI > BIOS lacks an option to enable AHCI mode. Intel's datasheet for the ICH8 > family specifies that this feature exists on the ICH8, and the option is > available in the BIOS for the identical (apart from form factor) P5B > motherboard. > > http://www.intel.com/Assets/PDF/datasheet/313056.pdf > > I've contacted Asus support for an updated BIOS but I don't have much > hope I will ever see one. Would it be possible to patch the FreeBSD > kernel to enable AHCI mode somehow during boot? You mean except adding: ahci_load="YES" to /boot/loader.conf ?
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