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From: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
To: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>
Subject: Re: IDE quirk in 3.2-STABLE kernel ?
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On 06-Aug-99 Wes Peters wrote:
>  Because it's wrong.  If you don't believe me, buy a copy of the spec.  Why
>  should we waste valuable developer time trying to support mis-configured
>  hardware?

Since when has PC hardware followed the specs?

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Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer
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are so many of them to choose from."
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