Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 12 Oct 1998 03:30:57 -0400 (EDT) | From | "Mike A. Harris" <> | Subject | Re: [OFFTOPIC] IDE maintainer? |
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On Sun, 11 Oct 1998, Andre M. Hedrick 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.
Ok.
>> 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.
Hmmm.
>> 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.
;o)
>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.
Great! I just wondered if someone was doing something or if it was just idle.
>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.
Great also! I hope the Aladdin documentation comes in handy! ;o) I'm dying to see my drive speed increase past 8Mb/s.
Take care!
-- Mike A. Harris - Computer Consultant - Linux advocate
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