> I would take Steven Toth's explanation as more authoritative than mine > any day of the week. It's possible that I may have been misinformed > regarding the rationale for why the gate is required. In general, complete bus isolation lowers noise levels, whether through RF coupling or needless interrupt servicing related. Either rationale is valid and varies between designs. -- Steven Toth - Kernel Labs http://www.kernellabs.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html