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

[Jan Engelhardt]

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
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