Hello, On Tue, Jan 04, 2011 at 10:19:17PM -0600, Robert Hancock wrote: > On 01/04/2011 04:18 PM, Tom Denchfield wrote: >> As you further recommended, in an attempt to get the SD-CF-IDE-DI >> IDE to CF Adapter that holds my CF card white listed, I am >> submitting the attached >> libata_force_80c_CF_card_adapter_whitelist_candidate_information.txt >> file that has the output from executing four terminal commands to >> hopefully supply enough information to get it whitelisted. Thanks. >> Although I expect that my RV280 Radeon 9200 Pro video card is too >> old to expend much effort on, it would be nice to also get it >> whitelisted so that future newbie Linux users who do not know about >> using the radeon.modeset=0 parameter on the kernel command line >> will not be looking at a black screen with a blinking cursor when >> they attempt to use a LiveCD for troubleshooting, or whatever. >> >> I purposely did not include the URL of one of the Internet sites >> that sells the adapter in this email in case this is a no no. I don't think that's a no no unless the intention is commercial. >> Tejun, I am not sure that I will have either the time or the >> interest to learn the intricacies of editing >> http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Compact_Flash_boot_drive to add >> libata.force=80c to this site in lieu of force_cbl=80: so that >> fewer people will be asking you questions. I have a ThinkPad >> without a HDD plus a laptop adapter that will hold my CF card, but >> my Think Pad is a lot older than the ones discussed on >> Compact_Flash_boot_drive. In addition, I did not see any recent >> updates to this Internet page, but maybe I can find someone to >> email who will update this page. Yeah, just ping someone. > Is there actually any way to identify the adapter automatically? > AFAIK, these CF-IDE adapters are just passive circuitry and there's > no way to identify them through software. Hmmm... I was thinking this was somehing integrated to the machine (so the dmidecode), in which case we can combine dmi + pci function # + port # to whitelist the device, which we already do for some type of quirks. If it's a plug in device, we obviously can't identify it. Tom, is the CF slot integrated to the machine or is it something you put into the PCMCIA slot? Thanks. -- tejun -- 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
