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SubjectRe: IDE/ATAPI in 2.5
Hi,

On Fri, 12 Jul 2002, Joerg Schilling wrote:
> >> Describe the problems.
>
> >Go read the source code, do your own homework
>
> Fine! You repeat that you have no argument that stands a check.

No, he just told you to do the checking on your own.

> So let us take it as prooven that there is no problem with resent
> (< 10 year old) drives.

I got a drive at home which is from 1996 and doesn't do ATAPI. It's some
Mitsumi indestructible, but I can't tell you details since I won't be at
home within the next few weeks.

> >It has a huge amount to do with dev_t. It should be immediately obvious
> >why dev_t is a critical factor in getting that interface working in a
> >sane fashion.
>
> If a sane driver interface depends on dev_t being 32 bits, then there
> would be a lot og junk in the Linux kernel :-(

Say the same about any kind of vars, and watch us laugh...

Regards,
Thunder
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