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Date:	Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:47:40 -0400
From:	lsorense@...lub.uwaterloo.ca (Lennart Sorensen)
To:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de>
Cc:	Al Boldi <a1426z@...ab.com>, Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dex@...gonslave.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Override 80-wire cable detection for Toshiba S1800-814

On Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 09:38:23PM +0200, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> Hard to tell, since some (most?) laptops have sort of a backplane and there
> might be no real cable you could see because it's all mainboard wire paths
> already.

Makes you wonder why the mainboard doesn't just pretend to be an 80 wire
cable if that is what it is compatible with.  Seems like a design flaw
in the laptop to not do so.

--
Len Sorensen
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