Re: [PATCH] Re: Old HD driver does not compile in 2.3.99pre9-2

From: Andrzej Krzysztofowicz (ankry@green.mif.pg.gda.pl)
Date: Mon May 22 2000 - 02:36:47 EST

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>
> "A month of sundays ago Andrzej Krzysztofowicz wrote:"
> > The main hd.c advantage is its size.
> >
> > ls -l hd.o
> > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11308 May 21 20:27 hd.o
> >
> > while the whole ide* support (even if disk only) is ~120 kB.
>
> Wasn't the old hd.c the only one with RLL support (shows disinclination
> to go read the doc .. well, at least the word "RLL" does not appear
> in ide.txt).

Hmmm, I do not think so.
I successfuully use in now with 4GB WD disk as well as with 4GB Quantum
Bigfoot.
However it supports only generic interface (PIO only, CHS only, no linear
addressing, etc.)

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