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DateTue, 6 Aug 2002 23:56:23 -0400
FromNick Orlov <>
SubjectRe: [PATCH] pdc20265 problem.
On Tue, Aug 06, 2002 at 11:09:14PM -0400, Bill Davidsen wrote:
> 
> > 2. on most hardware, pdc20xxx is really additional controller.
> 
> That's the problem, most not all. No matter what we assume it will be
> wrong part of the time.

Agreed.

> 
> > 3. if we put pdc20265 in "onboard" list on some hardware (mine for example)
> > pdc20265 is assigned to ide0/1 (even if it's really ide2/3)
> 
> Does this matter as long as we can force it to be where we want? 

But wouldn't it be a cleaner solution if we will have _compile_ time
option that by default is turned on in order to handle rare cases,
and _can_ be turned off in order to handle _most_ cases without any
boot-time options?


-- 
With best wishes,
	Nick Orlov.

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