Re: [PATCH] Override 80-wire cable detection for Toshiba S1800-814

[Robert Hancock]

Al Boldi wrote:
> Alan Cox wrote:
> > > Wow!  I have been running 80wire cable detection override on 40wire
> > > cables for quite some time without any problem, but I never thought it
> > > to be legal if the 40wire cable length is short enough.
> > Yes.
> >
> > > How short does it have to be, and can't we have a kernel bootparm to
> > > override the cable detection?
> > For most users the goal should be to automate behaviour. It should just
> > work.
>
> What's the max length of a 40wire cable to sustain 80wire cable 
> characteristics?

This is normally only the case on a laptop, where the cable is 
essentially just a tiny stub between the motherboard and the drive. I 
suspect this is something that the system manufacturer has to validate 
works properly, more than any hard and fast limit.

For a normal desktop PC, it would be far better to just use an 80-wire 
cable.

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