Bug#479217: linux-latest-2.6: 40-pin cable bug still present in -4

[maximilian attems <max@stro.at>]

On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 02:52:02PM +0300, Damyan Ivanov wrote:
> tags 479217 patch
> thanks
> 
> It appears that I've found the reason why the patched kernel still 
> falls back to 40-wire cable.
> 
> The patch applied to the Debian package only changes 
> drivers/ide/piix.c. The initially suggested (and not applied 
> currently) patch was for drivers/ata/ata_piix.c.
> 
> For convenience, the missing ata_piix patch can be fetched from
>     http://marc.info/?l=git-commits-head&m=120915557002138&w=2
> or
>     http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=01ce2601e4ba354fe1e25bb940817570d0c8ed4f;hp=a6116c9e60978a6deaa20691c67ffed727e50df1
> 
> I tried to integrate this in the build process somehow, but the patch 
> system used is alien to me and I failed.
> 
> Please include that patch in a subsequent package release.
> 
> -- 
> dam            JabberID: dam@jabber.minus273.org

no that is a wrong analysis. we haven't switched yet to pata.
the bug is on the ide side, where the short cable detection patch
seemed not to have worked out.

-- 
maks