Re: [PATCH] Large "clipped" IDE disk support for 2.4 when using old BIOS

2000-11-19 Thread Taisuke Yamada
ter I came back from my work (It's 8AM now and got to go to work :-). -- Taisuke Yamada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP fingerprint = 6B 57 1B ED 65 4C 7D AE 57 1B 49 A7 F7 C8 23 46 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Re: [PATCH] Large "clipped" IDE disk support for 2.4 when using old BIOS

2000-11-19 Thread Taisuke Yamada
e setmax.c, but I have already made one myself to test my code. Your past discussion was pretty much informative :-). -- Taisuke Yamada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP fingerprint = 6B 57 1B ED 65 4C 7D AE 57 1B 49 A7 F7 C8 23 46 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-k

Re: [PATCH] Large "clipped" IDE disk support for 2.4 when using oldBIOS

2000-11-19 Thread Taisuke Yamada
traditional style) > + * > + * in above order (i.e., if value of higher priority is available, > + * rest of the values are ignored). > */ -- Taisuke Yamada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP fingerprint = 6B 57 1B ED 65 4C 7D AE 57 1B 49 A7 F7 C8 23 46 - To unsubscribe from this list: sen

[PATCH] Large "clipped" IDE disk support for 2.4 when using old BIOS

2000-11-18 Thread Taisuke Yamada
e, hd_max); + +if (hd_max > 0) { +hd_cap = hd_max; +is_lba = 1; +} +} } -drive->capacity = capacity; + +printk("%s: lba = %d, cap = %lu\n", drive->name, is_lba, hd_cap); + + /* update parameters with fet

Re: Patch: Using clipped IDE disk larger than 32GB with old BIOS

2000-11-09 Thread Taisuke Yamada
> > # I might consider adding support for even newer 48-bit LBA > > # extension (which I read in ATA spec). > > The 48-LBA stuff is on hold because it requires more than simple > changes to ide-disk.c. Yes, I guess this is currently a future issue. If this is going to be done, there also needs f

Patch: Using clipped IDE disk larger than 32GB with old BIOS

2000-11-08 Thread Taisuke Yamada
Hi. Last weekend, I bought new 45GB Maxtor IDE disk for my old Tekram mainboard (P6L40-A4X, Award BIOS 4.5x), and noticed I can't get Linux to recognize more than 32GB. In fact, it didn't even boot without clipping the capacity of the disk. And once clipped, Linux just never sees past 32GB bord