Re: possibly a dumb question about sb600/700

[Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>]

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