Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 11 Oct 1998 03:16:28 -0500 (CDT) | From | "Andre M. Hedrick" <> | Subject | Re: [OFFTOPIC] IDE maintainer? |
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On Sat, 10 Oct 1998, Mike A. Harris wrote:
> I haven't seen Mark Lord posting in this list in a long time. I > remember him and Linus having a spat back around 2.1.112 or so, > and Mark changing his .sig to be "Ex-Linux-IDE-guy", however I > thought this problem was solved and all parties involved worked > out their differences.
I doubt that all issues were settled or you would not have needed to enquire about the subject.
> So, is Mark still around here, or has he officially left > Linux-development?
Mark is off in the background and is busy with other work, yes, all but left Linux.
> If so, has anyone else stepped up to the task?
I spent a long time trying to pick is brain during the introduction of IO-APIC into the kernel. What I did learn was that I had a lot to learn. Since I bugged him the most and a few other things, I offerred to help.
I have stepped up after being part of a loose-knit group of ide-misfits, only because I have a big mouth. I am not in the official capacity to date as the IDE Maintainer, but have started to work with Linus in the meantime.
My speciality wrt to IDE was making off-board UDMA cards functional/bootable. Since all SMP PPros and P5 mainboards that I know of are limited to DMA mode 2, I needed direct UDMA support and upgradablity. Thus a need, an action taken.
Any and all help is welcomed. If someone more skilled than me wants the task, I am willing to fall back to what I worked on before. Until that time, I need IDE support also............thus I am attempting to keep the driver moving in a forward direction.
Cheers, Andre Hedrick The IDE-FNG for Linux
http://www.dyer.vanderbilt.edu/server/udma/
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