Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 10 Sep 2007 08:15:16 -0400 | From | Mark Lord <> | Subject | Re: ICH Intel PATA short cable override... |
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Jeff Garzik wrote: > Mark Lord wrote: >> Ditto for selecting transfer modes. > > > Waiting on one thing AFAICS: > > ability to drain/idle all ports + > issue a command on one port + > resume normal parallel port operation > > SET FEATURES - XFER MODE is special in that it requires all sorts of > additional controller handling and careful cross-port synchronization.
Absolutely.
Also note that I'm *not* advocating HDIO_SET_PIO_MODE (and kin) here, but rather perhaps a sysfs option per-drive. It is needed, especially for custom/embedded systems, and I suppose we will get there eventually. :)
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