Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964954AbXAJSRZ (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Jan 2007 13:17:25 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964984AbXAJSRY (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Jan 2007 13:17:24 -0500 Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:44837 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964954AbXAJSRY (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Jan 2007 13:17:24 -0500 Message-ID: <45A52DB1.30306@garzik.org> Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 13:17:21 -0500 From: Jeff Garzik User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20061219) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Jeff V. Merkey" CC: Lennart Sorensen , Prakash Punnoor , Linux kernel Subject: Re: SATA/IDE Dual Mode w/Intel 945 Chipset or HOW TO LIQUIFY a flash IDE chip under 2.6.18 References: <45A3FF32.1030905@wolfmountaingroup.com> <45A4325C.9060902@garzik.org> <20070110143919.GH17269@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> <200701101829.32369.prakash@punnoor.de> <20070110174710.GL17267@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> <45A521A0.9050205@wolfmountaingroup.com> In-Reply-To: <45A521A0.9050205@wolfmountaingroup.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -4.3 (----) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 3.1.7 on srv5.dvmed.net summary: Content analysis details: (-4.3 points, 5.0 required) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 809 Lines: 22 Jeff V. Merkey wrote: > No doubt part of the Wintel (intel + Microsoft) strategy to perpetually > break non-windows platforms with new incompatible > hardware like the switch over from the e1000 MT adapters to e1000 GT > which are not backward compatible with the older chipsets. I presume you mean breaking /windows/ platforms? As I noted, Linux often supports the hardware from the "big" hardware vendors before Windows does. They use Linux as a "rabbit" to push Microsoft into supporting something, with the "Linux supports it already" argument. Jeff - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/