Messages in this thread | | | From | Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <> | Subject | Re: (2.6 IDE) why PDC202XX_FORCE not allowed with BLK_DEV_PDC202XX_NEW=m? | Date | Sun, 7 Mar 2004 22:36:12 +0100 |
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On Sunday 07 of March 2004 22:07, Jakub Bogusz wrote: > PDC202XX_FORCE option is needed to override controller disable by BIOS > when RAID is used. Or maybe there is another way to do this in 2.6.x?
Nope.
> This option has "depends on BLK_DEV_PDC202XX_NEW=y" flag in > drivers/ide/Kconfig, thus is not available with pdc202xx_new in > module - why?
It seems like a leftover from non-modular IDE PCI days.
> I saw success report with modular pdc202xx_new after this simple change > (without PDC202XX_FORCE controller ports were not detected): > > --- linux/drivers/ide/Kconfig.orig 2004-03-04 07:16:45.000000000 > +0100 +++ linux/drivers/ide/Kconfig 2004-03-07 17:37:25.000000000 +0100 > @@ -720,7 +720,7 @@ > # FIXME - probably wants to be one for old and for new > config PDC202XX_FORCE > bool "Enable controller even if disabled by BIOS" > - depends on BLK_DEV_PDC202XX_NEW=y > + depends on BLK_DEV_PDC202XX_NEW > help > Enable the PDC202xx controller even if it has been disabled in > the BIOS setup. > > > The same may apply to PDC202XX_BURST for pdc202xx_old module... > (but not tested)
Yes, you are right.
Thanks, Bartlomiej
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