> > > "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.
>
> He means that IF you have an RLL disk, the hd driver is the only one
> supporting that.
Sorry, I did not read carefully. I think I have somewhere a system
with RLL disks. I'll check new kernels.
As I remember It worked fine with a 2.0.x kernel and ide.c, however...
It used combinated configuration with IDE disks on ide0 and RLL disks on
ide1 with a slightly modified controller card (IRQ).
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