curious about kernel message

[Kurt Wall]

In a 0.9K blaze of typing glory, Collins Richey wrote:
> 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?

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/archive/1/2003/10/4/107488

Kurt
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