curious about kernel message

[Net Llama!]

On Wed, 3 Mar 2004, Kurt Wall wrote:
> 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

OK, but that doesn't give much in the way of a real solution.  I've always
wondered about this too.  I guess a better question is, has anyone ever
*not* seen that message?  I've seen it on every box i've ever used.

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