Intel ATA Ultra 82801EB Controller

[Richard Heldmann]

Thank you!!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Wilkinson" <james at westexe.demon.co.uk>
To: "Fedora List" <fedora-list at redhat.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2004 8:04 PM
Subject: Re: Intel ATA Ultra 82801EB Controller


> Richard Heldmann wrote:
>> Why are the devices listed as sda and not hda?
> 
> The short answer is that Linux 2.6 is moving towards using a new
> subsystem called libata for SATA disks. It's a lot cleaner than the old
> IDE code (which should make it more stable in the long term), can
> support more of the new capabilities of SATA.
> 
> Libata uses some of the SCSI framework, and gives disks sdx names[1].
> 
> http://lwn.net/Articles/44243/ is rather out-of-date now (it's over a
> year old, and a lot of work has been done since then), but is still a
> good explanation of the new subsystem.
> 
>> Should I correct it and how?
> 
> No.
> 
>> Is the warning a problem?
> 
> The warning (from sfdisk, based on the partition structure) is probably
> completely different, although there's the possibility that it's got
> confused by the SATA interface.
> 
> I suspect that whatever first partitioned your disk did so in a slightly
> odd manner, and sfdisk is surprised by this. If it works, don't worry.
> 
> James.
> 
> [1] That's an oversimplification, but you do not need to hear about
> device majors, nodes, and standard naming policies. They don't affect
> this.
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