Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1763328AbXH3XOT (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Aug 2007 19:14:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1758568AbXH3XOD (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Aug 2007 19:14:03 -0400 Received: from outpipe-village-512-1.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:56621 "EHLO the-village.bc.nu" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757748AbXH3XN6 (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Aug 2007 19:13:58 -0400 Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 00:22:14 +0100 From: Alan Cox To: Al Boldi Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, dex@dragonslave.de Subject: Re: [PATCH] Override 80-wire cable detection for Toshiba S1800-814 Message-ID: <20070831002214.7fb5340d@the-village.bc.nu> In-Reply-To: <200708301654.22346.a1426z@gawab.com> References: <200708300731.20336.a1426z@gawab.com> <20070830110144.1e8020ec@the-village.bc.nu> <200708301654.22346.a1426z@gawab.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.10.0 (GTK+ 2.10.14; i386-redhat-linux-gnu) Organization: Red Hat UK Cyf., Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 1TE, Y Deyrnas Gyfunol. Cofrestrwyd yng Nghymru a Lloegr o'r rhif cofrestru 3798903 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 544 Lines: 12 > What's the max length of a 40wire cable to sustain 80wire cable > characteristics? Depends on the materials and connector. The required electrical characteristics for any cable are in the spec, and if you want to know more you'll need to know a lot more than I do about transmission line theory! - 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/