Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 17 Jul 2003 17:52:58 +0200 (MEST) | From | Geert Uytterhoeven <> | Subject | Re: Fix IDE initialization when we don't probe for interrupts. |
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On Thu, 17 Jul 2003, John Bradford wrote: > > Another trick is the `IDE doubler' for Amiga (but I guess you can make it work > > on any IDE interface): with a few diodes you can map the second bank of 8 IDE > > registers to a second IDE chain, doubling the number of devices you can > > attach. > > Does Linux actually support that, (on any architecture)?
Yes, that's why there are tests for CONTROL_REG in the code in the first place. Check out CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDOUBLER in drivers/ide/.
> I was just imagining a RAID array on laptops which only have one IDE controller...
Cool ;-)
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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