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pata_via: Handle laptops via DMI
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Oh the joy of saving a fraction of a cent using short 40 wire cables and
not faking 80wire

Teach the VIA driver that there are some systems we need to know are
magically wired for high speeds.

Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com>
Tested-by: Francis Russell <FrancisRussell@btinternet.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
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Alan Cox authored and Jeff Garzik committed May 25, 2007
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#include <linux/delay.h>
#include <scsi/scsi_host.h>
#include <linux/libata.h>
#include <linux/dmi.h>

#define DRV_NAME "pata_via"
#define DRV_VERSION "0.3.1"
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{ NULL }
};


/*
* Cable special cases
*/

static struct dmi_system_id cable_dmi_table[] = {
{
.ident = "Acer Ferrari 3400",
.matches = {
DMI_MATCH(DMI_BOARD_VENDOR, "Acer,Inc."),
DMI_MATCH(DMI_BOARD_NAME, "Ferrari 3400"),
},
},
{ }
};

static int via_cable_override(struct pci_dev *pdev)
{
/* Systems by DMI */
if (dmi_check_system(cable_dmi_table))
return 1;
return 0;
}


/**
* via_cable_detect - cable detection
* @ap: ATA port
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struct pci_dev *pdev = to_pci_dev(ap->host->dev);
u32 ata66;

if (via_cable_override(pdev))
return ATA_CBL_PATA40_SHORT;

/* Early chips are 40 wire */
if ((config->flags & VIA_UDMA) < VIA_UDMA_66)
return ATA_CBL_PATA40;
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