Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Mon, 18 Dec 2000 03:00:54 -0600 | Subject | Re: 2.2.18 ide-scsi & scsi generic modules | From | Peter Samuelson <> |
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[Alex Buell] > I can confirm that this is true for 2.2.x, with "hdx=ide-scsi". Once > I compiled both statically into the kernel, it works. > > Perhaps somone can backport the fixes? It would be nice to change 2.2 > so it can accept "hdx=scsi" for compatiblity with 2.4.
I'm confused. I just looked through the probing code and it appears that "hdx=ide-scsi" should work the same whether ide-scsi is compiled in or a module.
If you want "hdx=scsi" to be a synonym for "hdx=ide-scsi", that is easy enough....
Peter
diff -urk~ 2.2.18/drivers/block/ide.c --- 2.2.18/drivers/block/ide.c~ Fri Nov 3 19:20:34 2000 +++ 2.2.18/drivers/block/ide.c Mon Dec 18 02:57:45 2000 @@ -2509,7 +2509,7 @@ if (s[0] == 'h' && s[1] == 'd' && s[2] >= 'a' && s[2] <= max_drive) { const char *hd_words[] = {"none", "noprobe", "nowerr", "cdrom", "serialize", "autotune", "noautotune", - "slow", "swapdata", "bswap", NULL}; + "slow", "swapdata", "bswap", "scsi", NULL}; unit = s[2] - 'a'; hw = unit / MAX_DRIVES; unit = unit % MAX_DRIVES; @@ -2549,6 +2549,9 @@ case -9: /* swapdata or bswap */ case -10: drive->bswap = 1; + goto done; + case -11: /* "scsi" */ + strcpy (drive->driver_req, "ide-scsi"); goto done; case 3: /* cyl,head,sect */ drive->media = ide_disk; - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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