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SubjectRe: ICH Intel PATA short cable override...
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. :)

Cheers
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