Re: pata_cs5536: DMI detection of broken PCs

[Alan Cox]

> Is there a way to backlist the old devices to not use UDMA at all? DMI
> would be a good idea for
> detecting old devices. Is something like this possible?

You can implement a filter method. Presumably the data sheet and errata
tell you what the problem is and how to detect it. That will be your
starting point.

Alan
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