Re: (was Re: [RFC] IDE 80-core cable detect - chipset-specific code to over-ride eighty_ninty_three())

[Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz]

On Friday 13 of February 2004 09:37, Willy Tarreau wrote:
> Hi Bart,
>
> On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 09:06:41PM +0100, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> > Willy, it seems you are hitting some other problem.
> > Have you already tried booting with "ide0=ata66"?
>
> Sorry, I think I mangled it like "hda=ata66" or "ide0=udma66" instead when
> I tried. I just rechecked with "ide0=ata66", and I confirm that it works

Great, but I wonder why cable bits are set incorrectly.
Probably it's a BIOS bug, maybe BIOS update will help?

> (it uses UDMA100). BTW, wouldn't it be more appropriate to use something
> such as "udma4" or "80pin" or something else which would be more intuitive
> than "ata66" ?

It is "ata66" because of compatibility :/.

Cheers,
--bart

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