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    hi

    Should I add IDE9[4567] as well, or does these ones include previous IDE
    pathes?

    roy

    On Tuesday 09 July 2002 12:22, Jens Axboe wrote:
    > Hi,
    >
    > I've forward ported the 2.4 IDE core (well 2.4.19-pre10-ac2 to be exact)
    > to 2.5.25. It consists of 7 separate patches:
    >
    > 00_25ide-compile-1
    > Fix 2.5 IDE compilation problem with ide_fix_driveid()
    >
    > 05_25pci-ids-1
    > Add missing 2.4 IDE adapter pci ids
    >
    > 10_24ide-core-1
    > Add 2.4 IDE core, modified for 2.5 changes
    >
    > 15_24-misc-bits-1
    > various bits and pieces to make 2.4 IDE core work
    >
    > 20_split-ide-config-1
    > Split 2.4 and 2.5 IDE configuration
    >
    > 25_ide-build-1
    > allow 2.4 and 2.5 ide to be built
    >
    > 30_ide-scsi-1
    > Add 2.4 ide-scsi version (note that 2.5 with 2.4 ide calls it
    > ide-scsi24.o currently, I'll take patches to rectify that).
    >
    > Find them all here:
    >
    > *.kernel.org://pub/linux/kernel/people/axboe/patches/v2.5/2.5.25/
    >
    > So why did I do this? Well, I needed stable IDE for 2.5 testing and it
    > was/is clear that 2.5 just isn't quite there yet. I intend to maintain
    > this patch set until I deem 2.5 IDE stable enough (in code) that I'm
    > willing to spend time on that instead. So the life span of this patch
    > depends heavily on that. That said, I know of others who would like to
    > be able to test 2.5 and not having to worry too much about the
    > state-of-the-day of the IDE core. This patch set may be useful to them
    > as well.
    >
    > Also some notes on why I _didn't_ do this. I didn't do it because I
    > think Martin is a jerk or because 2.5 IDE is forever doomed. I didn't do
    > this because Andre twisted my arm. I didn't do this because of some
    > hidden agenda.
    >
    > That said, the patch works for me here. I've ripped out ide-tape and
    > ide-floppy (frankly, I don't think it's worth my time updating these),
    > but apart from that I think it's 2.4 feature complete. PIO multi count
    > breaks for multi page bio's, if you intend to use that you should change
    > MPAGE_BIO_MAX_SIZE as noted in fs/mpage.c. I'll fix that in the next
    > iteration.

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    Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk, Datavaktmester

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