Boot from SATA drive--module or built-in?

[Brian C]

Hi,

This is a kernel-related question to which I cannot find a 
definitive answer.

If I am not going to use an initrd image, and I want to 
boot Debian from an SATA drive (in a system with no PATA 
drives and all SATA drives) using a 2.6 kernel, then is it 
necessary to compile-in the specific driver for the SATA 
controller or is it acceptable for it to be merely a 
module? (When doing make menuconfig do I need a * or will 
an M do?)

In particular, if the SATA controller is the NVIDIA 
nForce4 controller, does nv-sata need to be built-in or 
can it just be a module?

It seems like I've read somewhere that when you want to 
boot from such a drive then the boot process never makes 
it to loading modules because it cannot find the SATA 
drives to begin with, requiring the specific SATA driver 
to be built-in. Is that right?

Thanks,
Brian


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