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Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 18:32:51 +0200
From: Shem Multinymous <multinymous@gmail.com>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Subject: Re: tp_smapi conflict with IDE, hdaps
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Hi

On 12/13/05, Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
> But the ACPI DSDT is OS independant in theory and in practice to a fair
> extent. It can't make assumptions about windows drivers.

The IDE issue is moot in light of SET_STREAMING, but just for the
record: the preinstalled Windows on this ThinkPad uses Microsoft's
default IDE driver and Intel's default 82801FBM driver, so it doesn't
look like it's doing SMAPI-specific synchronization.


> Its probably easier to write than go find one
>
> I mean you need
>
> tp_hw_init() {
[code snipped]

Oh, thanks! That's far less voodoo than I feared.

I'll coordinate things with Robert Love (hdaps maintainer).

  Shem