lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2008]   [Feb]   [12]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
Date
From
SubjectRe: "ide=reverse" do we still need this?
On 13-02-08 01:15, Greg KH wrote:

> I'm reworking the pci device list logic (we currently keep all PCI
> devices in 2 lists, which isn't the nicest, we should be able to get
> away with only 1 list.)
>
> The only bother I've found so far is the pci_get_device_reverse()
> function, it's used in 2 places, IDE and the calgary driver.
>
> I'm curious if we really still support the ide=reverse option? It's a
> config option that I don't think the distros still enable (SuSE does
> not). Is this still needed these days?
>
> In digging, we changed this option in 2.2.x from being called
> "pci=reverse" and no one else seems to miss it.
>
> Any thoughts?

While details escape me somewhat again at the monment, a few months ago I
was playing around with a PCI Promise IDE controller and needed ide=reverse
to save me from having to switch disks around to still have a bootable system.

Or some such. Not too clear anymore, but I remember it saved the day.

Rene.


\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2008-02-13 02:41    [W:0.188 / U:0.164 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site