ata_piix and ide drivers in kernel

[Dave Jones]

On Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 11:23:09AM +1000, Rodd Clarkson wrote:
 > On Fri, 2006-09-29 at 15:20 -0400, Dave Jones wrote:
 > > On Fri, Sep 29, 2006 at 12:28:37PM +0000, michiel wrote:
 > >  
 > >  > kernel parameters:
 > >  > 
 > >  > libata atapi_enabled=1 ide hdc=noprobe
 > > 
 > > Asides from the hdc=noprobe, the rest of the command line does nothing
 > > in current kernels.  libata.atapi_enabled=1 *used* to do something,
 > > but now that's the default (Also you missed the all important '.').
 > > And 'ide' doesn't do anything, and never did afair.
 > 
 > I hate to ask this question, but why do I need to manually supply a
 > command line argument for this to 'Just Work'?

It's a bug.  You're correct in thinking that it should "just work".

	Dave