From: lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca (Lennart Sorensen)
To: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@computergmbh.de>
Cc: Al Boldi <a1426z@gawab.com>, Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
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 15:47:40 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070830194740.GC11130@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0708302135560.24730@fbirervta.pbzchgretzou.qr>
On Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 09:38:23PM +0200, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> Hard to tell, since some (most?) laptops have sort of a backplane and there
> might be no real cable you could see because it's all mainboard wire paths
> already.
Makes you wonder why the mainboard doesn't just pretend to be an 80 wire
cable if that is what it is compatible with. Seems like a design flaw
in the laptop to not do so.
--
Len Sorensen
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-08-30 19:47 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
2007-08-30 19:38 ` Jan Engelhardt
2007-08-30 19:47 ` Lennart Sorensen [this message]
2007-08-30 19:52 ` Jan Engelhardt
2007-08-30 23:22 ` Alan Cox
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2007-08-30 14:29 ` Robert Hancock
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2007-08-29 21:41 Daniel Exner
2007-08-29 21:59 ` Alan Cox
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