DOS ain't dead - AHCICD.SYS alternatives?

AHCICD.SYS alternatives? (Users)

posted by Japheth , Germany (South), 15.01.2021, 08:47

> > I refused to put AHCI in my drivers are (A) AHCI was
> > supposed to offer "legacy" mode

> > If cheap mainboard vendors are now dropping "legacy"
> > AHCI support, fault all of THEM, and not me!!

They actually cannot be blamed, because there always - since AHCI v1 - existed the HBA CAP.SAM bit (bit 18). If set, the controller supports AHCI access mechanisms ONLY. So the IDE - or "legacy" - emulation was "optional" from the very beginning.

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AHCICD.SYS alternatives? - Japheth, 12.01.2021, 14:57
- AHCICD.SYS alternatives? - mceric, 12.01.2021, 17:21
  - AHCICD.SYS alternatives? - tom, 12.01.2021, 19:22
    - AHCICD.SYS alternatives? - Khusraw, 13.01.2021, 09:32
      - AHCICD.SYS alternatives? - RayeR, 13.01.2021, 13:36
      - AHCICD.SYS alternatives? - tom, 13.01.2021, 23:22
      - AHCICD.SYS alternatives? - Japheth, 15.01.2021, 08:47
  - AHCICD.SYS alternatives? - Japheth, 12.01.2021, 20:31
- AHCICD.SYS alternatives? - RayeR, 13.01.2021, 02:45
  - AHCICD.SYS alternatives? - Japheth, 13.01.2021, 04:52
    - AHCICD.SYS alternatives? - RayeR, 13.01.2021, 05:56
      - AHCICD.SYS alternatives? - RayeR, 13.01.2021, 13:44
    - AHCICD.SYS alternatives? - rr, 13.01.2021, 11:14
      - AHCICD.SYS alternatives? - Japheth, 13.01.2021, 13:43
        AHCICD.SYS alternatives? - Laaca, 13.01.2021, 23:16
        AHCICD.SYS alternatives? - Japheth, 14.01.2021, 04:54
- AHCICD.SYS alternatives? - RayeR, 14.01.2021, 01:31
  - AHCICD.SYS alternatives? - Japheth, 14.01.2021, 04:48
    - AHCICD.SYS alternatives? - RayeR, 14.01.2021, 08:12
      - AHCICD.SYS alternatives? - Japheth, 14.01.2021, 10:08
        AHCICD.SYS alternatives? - Japheth, 14.01.2021, 13:27
        AHCICD.SYS alternatives? - Laaca, 14.01.2021, 17:05
        AHCICD.SYS alternatives? - Japheth, 15.01.2021, 08:39
        AHCICD.SYS alternatives? - RayeR, 16.01.2021, 02:51
        AHCICD.SYS alternatives? - Japheth, 16.01.2021, 06:15
        AHCICD.SYS alternatives? - RayeR, 20.01.2021, 15:40
        AHCICD.SYS alternatives? - Japheth, 20.01.2021, 20:45
        AHCICD.SYS alternatives? - RayeR, 21.01.2021, 02:13
        AHCICD.SYS alternatives? - Japheth, 21.01.2021, 02:55
        AHCICD.SYS alternatives? - Khusraw, 22.01.2021, 21:49
        AHCICD.SYS alternatives? - Japheth, 23.01.2021, 08:54
        AHCICD.SYS alternatives? - RayeR, 23.01.2021, 20:28
        AHCICD.SYS alternatives? - Japheth, 23.01.2021, 22:30
    - AHCICD.SYS alternatives? - rr, 14.01.2021, 14:41
      - AHCICD.SYS alternatives? - mceric, 14.01.2021, 17:30
        AHCICD.SYS alternatives? - rr, 14.01.2021, 18:54
        AHCICD.SYS alternatives? - RayeR, 14.01.2021, 21:31