---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: Re: My understanding of the IDE mess, and why it does not make sense to apply the proposed patch Date: Thursday 09 March 2006 18:15 From: Anthony DeRobertis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected]
Jurij Smakov wrote: > Looking at the code I cannot see how the > native drivers can depend in any way on the ide-generic being loaded > before them. While I have not thoroughly tested 2.6.15 in this respect, in 2.6.8 and 2.6.12 some IDE drivers, on some hardware, absolutely does[0]. Maybe this is fixed in 2.6.15/16. On those older kernels, the correct sequence of module loadings is: 1. hardware-specific-driver 2. ide-generic If you stop after step 1, you don't have any IDE devices. If you reverse steps 1 and 2, you don't have DMA. [0] Honestly, I had previously thought *all* hardware did... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
