> Since we are already using UDMA mode set by BIOS to determine if 80c cable
> is present so why not also use it to determine if the 40c cable is present?
>
> I mean just ignoring AMD_CABLE_DETECT register for NVIDIA devices.
>
> 2-lines change and we wouldn't have to deal with ACPI at ell.
And as I explained earlier you get false values. The existing hack is
dodgy as well and breaks on suspend/resume then loading the driver for
one. It's probably the best that can be done without ACPI but the ACPI
_GTM/_STM methods are pretty clean so its not hard to use them. You need
them for full suspend/resume support anyway.