Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 24 May 2002 13:03:26 +0200 | From | Martin Dalecki <> | Subject | Re: [reiserfs-dev] Re: IDE problem: linux-2.5.17 |
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Użytkownik Vojtech Pavlik napisał:
> >>Hmm thinking again about it... It occurrs to me >>that actually there should be a mechanism which tells the >>host chip drivers whatever there are only just one or >>two drivers connected. I will have to look in to it. > > > There is no such mechanism (except for probing the drives). IDE has > quite nonsensical "split" termination - the termination resistors are > always present even on the middle device. This is to "simplify" things > ... >
Yes there is the host chip timer setting is basically changing the termination properties on the hsot chips part of the connection. This is the reason I was thinking that making the driver for it know how many drivers are attached to it could make some sense.
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