Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] kill ide-geometry.c, fix boot problems | From | Alan Cox <> | Date | 16 Apr 2003 16:28:18 +0100 |
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On Mer, 2003-04-16 at 16:16, Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl wrote: > All traces of ide_xlate_1024 have been removed. > Few people need it, and sometimes it was directly > harmful. (And it is dead code in 2.5.recent.) > There are now boot options "remap" and "remap63" > for people with EZD or DM.
There are lots of people with remap/remap63 needs. This should be automated as it was before or it will be a nightmare. You are desperate to remove the ide_xlate stuff but you can't do that without providing equivalent automatic functionality, either thats in base or that the vendors all just merge anyway.
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