Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 7 May 2002 20:06:34 +0200 (MET DST) | From | Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] 2.5.14 IDE 55 |
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>> we should fix atari byte-swapped ide in ata_read() like we do in >> atapi_read() then ide_fix_driveid() will make rest... >> (or I am missing something?) > > Here you can mix two different issues: > - Ataris have a byte-swapped IDE interface. Hence we need support to > swap data for interoperability (not only on Atari: imagine an Atari disk > connected to a PC)
dealt in (arch/parameter) specific ata_read() reverses byteswapped data
> - IDE is little endian, so the drive identification is little endian too. > To make things more complex, not only multibyte objects, but also > text strings are byteswapped.
dealt in generic ide_fix_driveid() converts driveid to cpu endianness
greetings... -- bkz
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