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From: Al Boldi <a1426z@gawab.com>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, dex@dragonslave.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Override 80-wire cable detection for Toshiba S1800-814
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 16:54:22 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200708301654.22346.a1426z@gawab.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070830110144.1e8020ec@the-village.bc.nu>

Alan Cox wrote:
> > Wow!  I have been running 80wire cable detection override on 40wire
> > cables for quite some time without any problem, but I never thought it
> > to be legal if the 40wire cable length is short enough.
>
> Yes.
>
> > How short does it have to be, and can't we have a kernel bootparm to
> > override the cable detection?
>
> For most users the goal should be to automate behaviour. It should just
> work.

What's the max length of a 40wire cable to sustain 80wire cable 
characteristics?


Thanks!

--
Al


  reply	other threads:[~2007-08-30 13:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-08-30  4:31 Al Boldi
2007-08-30 10:01 ` Alan Cox
2007-08-30 13:54   ` Al Boldi [this message]
2007-08-30 19:38     ` Jan Engelhardt
2007-08-30 19:47       ` Lennart Sorensen
2007-08-30 19:52         ` Jan Engelhardt
2007-08-30 23:22     ` Alan Cox
     [not found] <fa.aDOpPGIWVD3AP0+s8JbykPNWRao@ifi.uio.no>
     [not found] ` <fa.f0bdB2EM6R3BhlpkdSTPMRlJu9U@ifi.uio.no>
     [not found]   ` <fa.xZcOyxsTcgfWflTXq8DY8M1ncqc@ifi.uio.no>
2007-08-30 14:29     ` Robert Hancock
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2007-08-29 21:41 Daniel Exner
2007-08-29 21:59 ` Alan Cox

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