> The problem is that, with some controller, you also have to wait 30s before
> you can decide that there is no device here. With 2 channels this makes a
> 1mn delay.

A certain box - that will run sparc solaris, and might get into the
'aftermarket' soon - has 4 PCI IDE controllers (8 channels) that
control a maximum of 4 disks (1).  Doing the 30s timeout in series
takes far too long....

	David

(1) Avoids a 'feature' of the PCI controller that makes it difficult
to do UDMA33 (I think) with more than 1 disk connected.

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David Laight: david@l8s.co.uk