Matthew Garrett wrote: > The firmware programs the sata controller into piix mode, not ahci mode. > On this specific hardware, the ahci driver is able to reprogram it - > however, that isn't guaranteed in general, and attempts to do so have > led to unfortunate behaviour like missing CD drives. Right now, the > easiest thing to do would be to convince Apple to program the device > into AHCI mode.
I doubt convincing Apple to release new firmware will be "easy," even if it's the best solution. I have no idea how to go about that. Adding a single line to ahci.c is definitely easy, though it may be a hack. With a status of Wishlist, we'll have another Ubuntu release where this problem will be left unsolved. This is an old bug (actually a regression--it used to work!) and I wish it could be solved in a way that didn't require constant kernel patching on the behalf of all Mac Pro users. -- Shaw Terwilliger <`echo sterwill1io2nu | tr 12 @.`> -- ata_piix used instead of AHCI for Mac Pro https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/96692 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
