Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933270AbXH3Twi (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:52:38 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932708AbXH3Twa (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:52:30 -0400 Received: from sovereign.computergmbh.de ([85.214.69.204]:48845 "EHLO sovereign.computergmbh.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751746AbXH3Twa (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:52:30 -0400 Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 21:52:29 +0200 (CEST) From: Jan Engelhardt To: Lennart Sorensen cc: Al Boldi , Alan Cox , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, dex@dragonslave.de Subject: Re: [PATCH] Override 80-wire cable detection for Toshiba S1800-814 In-Reply-To: <20070830194740.GC11130@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> Message-ID: References: <200708300731.20336.a1426z@gawab.com> <20070830110144.1e8020ec@the-village.bc.nu> <200708301654.22346.a1426z@gawab.com> <20070830194740.GC11130@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 792 Lines: 21 On Aug 30 2007 15:47, Lennart Sorensen wrote: >On Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 09:38:23PM +0200, Jan Engelhardt wrote: >> Hard to tell, since some (most?) laptops have sort of a backplane and there >> might be no real cable you could see because it's all mainboard wire paths >> already. > >Makes you wonder why the mainboard doesn't just pretend to be an 80 wire >cable if that is what it is compatible with. Seems like a design flaw >in the laptop to not do so. Or lazyness on behalf the vendor. You know, some even don't fix their DSDT... Jan -- - 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/