From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: [PATCH] libata: Spot bridge chips Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 05:35:20 -0400 Message-ID: <46D7E0D8.60707@garzik.org> References: <20070822232245.043267d3@the-village.bc.nu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:45095 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932129AbXHaJfW (ORCPT ); Fri, 31 Aug 2007 05:35:22 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20070822232245.043267d3@the-village.bc.nu> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Alan Cox Cc: akpm@osdl.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org 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 applied