On Mon, Sep 22, 2003 at 02:15:46PM +0200, cube@cubidou.net wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 22, 2003 at 02:03:08PM +0200, cube@cubidou.net wrote:
> > 
> > Apparently, status register might be different whether a device is here
> > or not.
> > 
> > Is it worth trying something like that?
> 
> Note that before that, it does a reset, and wait for 100ms between each
> of the 310 potential loops of the checks. Thus probe time is up to 30
> seconds...

Yes, a reset can take up to 30s, per ATA specs.

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