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Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2003 14:45:34 -0800
From: Ross Biro <rossb@google.com>
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Subject: Re: UDMA 133 on a 40 pin cable
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>>#3 Is the above cable electrically able to sustain 66+ UDMA transfers 
>>(could I hack a driver in order to bypass the 80pin cable detection and 
>>make it work properly) ?
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>It is possible to do this yes. Other vendors do it as well. Careful
>cable choice lets you meet the electrical requirements other ways in
>certain situations.
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on the kernel command line ide0=ATA66 bypasses the check for ide channel 0.

    Ross



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