Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 4 Jan 2002 18:20:11 +0100 (MET) | From | Geert Uytterhoeven <> | Subject | Re: Who uses hdx=bswap or hdx=swapdata? |
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On Fri, 4 Jan 2002, Michael Schmitz wrote: > > > For 2.5 would it perhaps be cleaner if we had a bswapping loop device. Sort > > > of very bad crypto mode ? > > > > Don't mention crypto, or Atari will come after us with the DMCA sword, claiming > > they deliberately implemented access control? ;-) > > Caution - I recall that on some m68k boxes we had to further byteswap > specific parts of the identify data or they wouldn't make sense. The IDE > driver will still have to be aware of these exceptions. I can't recall the > particulars anymore - Geert?
That's the drive identification. It indeed shouldn't be swapped once again when accessing a `non-native' IDE disk.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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