[tlinux-users:08457] Re: Toshiba Tecra S3 - Linux doesn't see my sata harddrive.

Renato S. Yamane wrote:
> Dale Ellis escreveu:
>> Renato,
>> I think you meant to say "irqpoll". I have to use this parameter with 
>> my M45-S265.
>
> Yes, correct is "irqpoll" and not "irqpool". Sorry.
> Why you use irqpoll on your M45-S265?
>
> I have M45-S355 and I don't need this parameter in my OpenSuSE 10.1 
> and Debian Etch (4.0).
>
> I use this parameter in older kernel versions (<2.6.18.2) because the 
> ethernet driver (sky2 module) don't work well, but with kernel 
> >2.6.18.2 this module work very well and this parameter is not necessary.
>
> Best regards,
> Renato

Its the only way I can successfully install SuSE 10.x and Ubuntu 6.06 
(and up).  I'm now using Ubuntu 7.04, installed as an upgrade from 
6.10.  I have not tried a clean install of 7.04.

Dale