From: Stephen Clark <Stephen.Clark@seclark.us>
To: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
Cc: Craig Block <chblock3@yahoo.com>, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 40-wire/80-wire detection
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 08:04:35 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <46976A53.7060503@seclark.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <46969D09.4010607@garzik.org>
Jeff Garzik wrote:
>Craig Block wrote:
>
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>>Linux kernel: version 2.6.22.1
>>Chipset: VIA VT8363 + VT82C686A
>>Hard drives: Quantum Fireball LCT10 (UDMA66)
>>
>>I'm having a problem with the 80-wire/40-wire cable detection in the
>>ata driver. Even when I configure the kernel with IDEDMA_IVB set, I
>>still get the 40-wire speed downgrade on hda.
>>
>>Why did you guys put that 80-wire/40-wire cable detection in the ata
>>driver anyway? Since when is it your job to police me in making sure
>>I'm using the correct cable on my drives.
>>
>>
>
>If you signal a 40-wire cable too fast, you get trouble with a capital T.
>
> Jeff
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This would be fine if the software could correctly figure it out.
Problem is it can't always
get it right so the user should be allowed to "override" it at their own
risk. Linux is turning
into winblows - in that choice is be taken away from the user.
My $.02
Steve Clark
--
"They that give up essential liberty to obtain temporary safety,
deserve neither liberty nor safety." (Ben Franklin)
"The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty
decreases." (Thomas Jefferson)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-07-13 12:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-07-12 21:09 40-wire/80-wire detection Craig Block
2007-07-12 21:28 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-07-13 12:04 ` Stephen Clark [this message]
2007-07-13 17:58 ` Craig Block
2007-07-13 21:39 ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2007-07-14 8:37 ` Craig Block
2007-07-18 22:32 ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2007-07-24 14:47 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2007-07-29 17:30 ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2007-07-13 0:26 ` Matt Sealey
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