Re: PATCH: Fix ide probe double detection

[Alan Cox]

On Thu, Jul 29, 2004 at 01:22:44PM +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> I don't like relying on drive->id and serial_no, but that may just be
> paranoia...

I've seen no evidence to indicate anyone has duplicate serial numbers
even with CF cards so I think its fine. The problem with playing with
registers and seeing if they stick is that on the newer cards the
register bank you are programming is sometimes a fifo ahead of the real
drive.

Alan
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