On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 23:44:30 +0900 Tejun Heo <htejun@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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. :-( cp biosrom file strings file grep product name not approximate offset - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
