> Alright, then.  I was just worried about the asymmetry.  Oh, this
> _reminds me of another problem regarding enable bits.  There's a system
> (wyse thin client) with pata_amd controller where the enable bit isn't
> set by the BIOS and there's no reliable way to identify the system (no
> DMI).  Do you know how important is the enabled bits test for these
> controllers?

If we ignore the tests we get more problems with 30 second timeouts on
other hardware that has incorrect termination or a port which is simply
not wired on the mainboard.

I bet we can identify the Wyse somehow and I'd rather do that even if it
means looking for magic strings in the BIOS ROM image.

Alan
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