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From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: "Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Cc: Ed Sweetman <safemode@comcast.net>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@osdl.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.16-rc1-mm2 pata driver confusion
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 17:13:48 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1138122829.14675.59.camel@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0601240904110.26036@shark.he.net>

On Maw, 2006-01-24 at 09:05 -0800, Randy.Dunlap wrote:
> What is "MPIIX" anyway?

MPIIX was an early intel mobile chip. Its a PCI bridge, glue and the
like for pentium laptops with a built in PIO ATA controller.

> and while I'm looking at the config menu, why do both
> Compaq Triflex and Intel PATA MPIIX say (Raving Lunatic)?

So people don't casually select them. The current MPIIX driver will
remove the raving lunatic once it gets upstream.



  parent reply	other threads:[~2006-01-24 17:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-01-24  6:43 2.6.16-rc1-mm2 pata driver confusion Ed Sweetman
2006-01-24 14:51 ` Jeff Garzik
2006-01-24 15:29 ` Alan Cox
2006-01-24 17:05   ` Randy.Dunlap
2006-01-24 17:08     ` Randy.Dunlap
2006-01-24 21:13       ` Alan Cox
2006-01-24 17:13     ` Alan Cox [this message]
2006-01-24 22:17   ` Ed Sweetman
2006-01-24 22:27     ` Randy.Dunlap
2006-01-24 23:01       ` Ed Sweetman
2006-01-24 23:07         ` Randy.Dunlap
2006-01-25  1:56           ` Ed Sweetman
2006-01-25 16:53 Randy.Dunlap
2006-01-26 11:09 ` Ed Sweetman
2006-01-30 11:43 ` Alan Cox
2006-01-30 15:36   ` Randy.Dunlap
2006-02-03 21:54 ` Ed Sweetman
2006-02-06 16:39   ` Randy.Dunlap
2006-02-06 19:34     ` Harald Dunkel
2006-02-06 19:56       ` Alan Cox
2006-02-07  2:28         ` Ed Sweetman

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