Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 24 May 2002 15:40:32 +0200 | From | Martin Dalecki <> | Subject | Re: [reiserfs-dev] Re: IDE problem: linux-2.5.17 |
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Użytkownik Vojtech Pavlik napisał:
>>Hey what I'm talking about is the "physics" of the hardware. >>But I would rather expect sane hardware to deal with it transparently >>to the programmer of the setup registers. > > > Well, when I hear "timer" I think "engineering", not "physics". And a > timer would have to be visible somewhere. I really don't think the > controller can tell how many drives it sees unless it measures the > termination resistance or somesuch.
Jak się zwał tak się zwał, byle by się dobrze miał :-).
Anyway measuring the termination resistance is rather trivial from the electrical point of view...
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