Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 03 Oct 2005 14:41:02 -0400 | From | Bill Davidsen <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2.6.13] drivers/ide: Enable basic VIA VT6410 IDE functionality |
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Robert Kesterson wrote: > This patch enables plain IDE functionality on the VIA VT6410 IDE controller > (such as used on the Asus P4P800 Deluxe motherboard). This is not a RAID > driver, but you can use Linux's software RAID once the drives are visible. > I did not write the original version of this patch, which I found on the > internet back in the days of kernel 2.6.2. I have been unable to identify > the original author to give him/her proper credit. I have been maintaining > and updating this patch since then and have released several updates which > have been successfully used by others who have downloaded it from my > website. > > It seems appropriate that this minimal functionality should be in the > mainstream kernel.
After using this patch (it works), it comes to me that the 2.4 version was in a separate driver, so I can control my order of controller recognition. Just having access to the devices is useful, but it would be more useful in the module version. -- -bill davidsen (davidsen@tmr.com) "The secret to procrastination is to put things off until the last possible moment - but no longer" -me - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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