Alan Cox wrote: >> 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.
Thanks. I don't have direct access to the machine so I guess they'll have to live with temporary workaround for the time being. :-( -- tejun - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
