Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 6 Aug 2002 23:56:23 -0400 | From | Nick Orlov <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] pdc20265 problem. |
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On Tue, Aug 06, 2002 at 11:09:14PM -0400, Bill Davidsen wrote: > > > 2. on most hardware, pdc20xxx is really additional controller. > > That's the problem, most not all. No matter what we assume it will be > wrong part of the time.
Agreed.
> > > 3. if we put pdc20265 in "onboard" list on some hardware (mine for example) > > pdc20265 is assigned to ide0/1 (even if it's really ide2/3) > > Does this matter as long as we can force it to be where we want?
But wouldn't it be a cleaner solution if we will have _compile_ time option that by default is turned on in order to handle rare cases, and _can_ be turned off in order to handle _most_ cases without any boot-time options?
-- With best wishes, Nick Orlov.
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