From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: akpm@osdl.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] libata: Spot bridge chips
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 05:35:20 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <46D7E0D8.60707@garzik.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070822232245.043267d3@the-village.bc.nu>
Alan Cox wrote:
> If we have a PATA cable with a SATA drive on it then we've found a
> bridge and we can flip the cable type. This fixes some cable detect
> problems with SATA bridges on chipsets and misdetected cable types.
>
> In theory cable detection and mode limiting is needed if you put a
> SATA/PATA bridge on a 40 wire cable, but I see no way to deal with
> that other than to point out its not a good idea anyway.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com>
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2007-08-22 22:22 [PATCH] libata: Spot bridge chips Alan Cox
2007-08-31 9:35 ` Jeff Garzik [this message]
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