curious about kernel message

[Collins Richey]

I notice there's been no traffic on the list for a while so here's a
question.

Just one of those little "I wonder why" questions.

I've noticed on every kernel and every box I've used since the dawn of
time messages  like the following:

Mar  2 05:21:09 home kernel: SIS5513: IDE controller at PCI slot
0000:00:02.5 
Mar  2 05:21:09 home kernel: SIS5513: chipset revision 0
Mar  2 05:21:09 home kernel: SIS5513: not 100%% native mode: will probe
irqs later 
Mar  2 05:21:09 home kernel: SIS5513: SiS 962/963 MuTIOL IDE
UDMA133 controller

Since no IDE controller that I have ever seen is "100%% native mode,"
what is a 100% native mode IDE controller, or was there every such a
beast?


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Collins Richey - Denver area
gentoo testing 2.6.3-rc2 nptl udev