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Subject: Re: 2.4.19, don't "hdparm -I /dev/hde" if hde is on a Asus A7V133 
	Promise ctrlr, or...
From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: "D.A.M. Revok" <marvin@synapse.net>
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On Wed, 2002-12-18 at 21:35, D.A.M. Revok wrote:
> So.  I /think/ that somehow the Promise controller isn't being 
> initialized properly by the Linux kernel, UNLESS the mobo's BIOS inits 
> it first?

In some situations yes. The BIOS does stuff including fixups we mere
mortals arent permitted to know about.

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