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SubjectRe: [PATCH 5/5] falconide/q40ide: add ->atapi_*put_bytes and ->ata_*put_data methods
Hi,

> > That would require an additional data copy and a double byteswap on machines
> > which are not that fast in first place...
>
> So use the blitter ;)
>
> At this point the future is not Commode Amiga or Atari TT and we risk
> mess in core code for obscure platforms ?

The Amiga isn't affected by this. Only Falcon and Q40 (Atari) are.

Sorry for the mess in core code - ist there any other way for only driveid
and packet data getting swapped? And can we actually use the device mapper
to byte-swap the root partition?

Michael




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