On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:43:49 +0900
Tejun Heo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Cable detection on NV PATA hosts isn't implemented and the CBLID-
> cable isn't wired according to the sepc either, so both host-side and
> generic drive-side cable detections are broken.  Till now,
> nv_cable_detect() relied on peeking BIOS and ACPI configurations to
> upgrade to 80C but this often results in misdetection of 40C cable as
> 80C.  Also, the original implementation was broken in that by the time
> BIOS configuration is read it has already been cleared by programming
> PIO0 during reset.
> 
> This patch reimplements NV mode selection such that...
> 
> * BIOS configuration value is stored during driver attach and restored
>   on detach.
> 
> * Cable type is fixed to ATA_CBL_PATA_IGN and mode selection is soley
>   done by nv_mode_filter() which peeks both BIOS and ACPI
>   configurations and filter accordingly.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: Alan Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Acked-by: Alan Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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