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monotiz

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Registered: 2007-10-20

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suggestions for SATA, PATA, SCSI module...

Hi,
this is my lspci

[tiziano@arch32 ~]$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express Processor to DRAM Controller (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM Express PCI Express Root Port (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev d3)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) IDE Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) SATA Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV43 [GeForce Go 6200/6400] (rev a1)
06:05.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI7420 CardBus Controller
06:05.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments PCI7x20 1394a-2000 OHCI Two-Port PHY/Link-Layer Controller
06:05.3 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments PCI7420/7620 Combo CardBus, 1394a-2000 OHCI and SD/MS-Pro Controller
06:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82562ET/EZ/GT/GZ - PRO/100 VE (LOM) Ethernet Controller Mobile (rev 03)
06:0b.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection (rev 05)

Can I remove the PATA modules for recompile kernel?
How do with the SCSI?

Thanks.

Last edited by monotiz (2008-05-13 16:10:50)

kishd

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Registered: 2006-06-14

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Re: suggestions for SATA, PATA, SCSI module...

May I ask why you would want to remove the modules from the kernel?

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monotiz

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Re: suggestions for SATA, PATA, SCSI module...

May I ask why you would want to remove the modules from the kernel?

I would like optimize kernel...

kishd

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Re: suggestions for SATA, PATA, SCSI module...

When the kernel is installed by pacman mkinitcpio is used to load the modules needed for booting the kernel.
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mkinitcpio. You could modify /etc/mkinitcpio.conf removing pata scsi etc to see which modules you actually need for booting. You could also use the kernel parameter disablemodules=module1,module2.....etc. to test which modules you do not need to boot/run your system before rebuilding the kernel without those modules.

Last edited by kishd (2008-05-14 04:08:25)

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monotiz

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Registered: 2007-10-20

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Re: suggestions for SATA, PATA, SCSI module...

When the kernel is installed by pacman mkinitcpio is used to load the modules needed for booting the kernel.
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mkinitcpio. You could modify /etc/mkinitcpio.conf removing pata scsi etc to see which modules you actually need for booting. You could also use the kernel parameter disablemodules=module1,module2.....etc. to test which modules you do not need to boot/run your system before rebuilding the kernel without those modules.

Thanks.

schivmeister

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Registered: 2007-05-17

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Re: suggestions for SATA, PATA, SCSI module...

ata_piix libata sd_mod

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vsk

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Registered: 2008-05-27

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Re: suggestions for SATA, PATA, SCSI module...

From what I understand, isn't sata a more robust data transfer method than pata? Why are both needed?

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Re: suggestions for SATA, PATA, SCSI module...

May I ask why you would want to remove the modules from the kernel?

I would like optimize kernel...

How about checking for the modules you are actually using? That should be where you start:

lsmod

Make sure you put those in, then add what you need/want.

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schivmeister

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Re: suggestions for SATA, PATA, SCSI module...

From what I understand, isn't sata a more robust data transfer method than pata? Why are both needed?

If you're refering to my post:

ata_piix is hybrid, supports both pata and sata a la "IDE mode", and is dependent on libata. You'd also want ahci.

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