Microsoft aren't forcing Lenovo to block free operating systems

Re:Microsoft aren't forcing Lenovo to block free operating s... by ocdtrekkie on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @05:08PM (#12552263)

My understanding is that experimental support for the new RAID mode in Linux already exists. AFAIK, Acronis boots a Linux-based OS, and they were able to get it to support the Surface Pro 4 when it's using that mode, so presumably, they figured it out.

As far as why Lenovo restricted it, it's likely for the same reason Lenovo was prohibited from preinstalling software. Signature PCs claim to have the "best" performance settings, mandated by Microsoft. If NVMe is superior to AHCI, Microsoft would sensibly mandate NVMe.

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Re:Microsoft aren't forcing Lenovo to block free operating s... by Hydraulix989 on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @05:20PM (#12552353)

"My understanding is that experimental support for the new RAID mode in Linux already exists."

That is not true, many users have tried using the very latest bleeding edge kernel. The drive is not detected at all by Linux when it is in RAID mode. The usual fix is to disable RAID mode and just use AHCI. On most sane systems (but not Lenovo), you can do this easily by changing a single BIOS setting.

Also, my understanding is that the benchmarks show no appreciable performance benefits of single-drive SSD RAID over AHCI.

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