Messages in this thread Patch in this message |  | | Date | Wed, 14 Nov 2001 13:32:36 -0500 | From | Malcolm Mallardi <> | Subject | [PATCH] pdc202xx.c, adds another quirk drive to the list |
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On Wed, Nov 14, 2001 at 09:24:05AM -0800, Wayne Whitney wrote: > In mailing-lists.linux-kernel, you wrote: > > > I seem to recall when I once looked at the promise driver that there > > was what appeared to be some form of exclusion list which included > > several models of Quantum FireballP harddrives, but mine was not on > > the list. > > > > I suspected then (I think that was sometime around 2.4.9) that if I > > added the drive to that list that it would work, but I never tried it, > > due to the fact that I don't know C, and was afraid of breaking it > > more. :) > > OK, I'll help you try this, it is really dead easy: > > In the kernel tree of your choice, go the directory drivers/ide. > > Load pdc202xx.c in the editor of your choice. > > > Recompile your kernel, try it out, and let us know if it works now. > If it does, submit a patch. See Documentation/SubmittingPatches, and > ask me if that is not clear. > >
First off, I'd like to thank you, Wayne. You've been a big help. Attached is a patch that adds the Quantum FireballP KX27.3 harddrive to the quirk_drives list in the Promise 202xx driver (pdc202xx.c) patches is based off 2.4.15-pre1
Thanks folks, things work wonderfully now.
-- Malcolm D. Mallardi - Dark Freak At Large "Captain, we are receiving two-hundred eighty-five THOUSAND hails." AOL: Nuark UIN: 11084092 Y!: Magamo Jabber: Nuark@jabber.com http://ranka.2y.net/~magamo/index.htm --- drivers/ide/pdc202xx.c.orig Fri Nov 9 09:55:38 2001 +++ drivers/ide/pdc202xx.c Wed Nov 14 12:52:05 2001 @@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ "QUANTUM FIREBALLP KA6.4", "QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM20.4", "QUANTUM FIREBALLP KX20.5", + "QUANTUM FIREBALLP KX27.3", "QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM20.5", NULL }; |  |