Re: where is the patch ide.2.4.14.11062001.patch, for supporting

[Andre Hedrick]

NO

I will not merge until I can DOMAIN VALIDATE the pile of SHIT called 2.5.X

On Mon, 3 Dec 2001, Guolin Cheng wrote:

> Hi, all,
> 
>  I tried to search the file ide.2.4.14.11062001.patch on internet, but I can
> not find it, The search results on google can not help, it disappears:
> 
>  
> www.jp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/hedrick/ide-2.4.14/readme.48bit.ul
> tra133
> The latest patch release can be found on:: http://www.linuxdiskcert.org/
> ide.2.4.14.11062001.patch
> Fresh Release. Regards, Linux ATA Development Linux Disk ... 
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> 
>  Another question is: anyone know whether this patch is merged into 2.4.15
> and 2.4.16 versions?
> 
> 
>  Yours sincerely,
>  Guolin Cheng
> 
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Guolin Cheng [mailto:[e-mail]]
> Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 6:00 PM
> To: 'Adam J. Richter'; [e-mail]
> Cc: '[e-mail]'
> Subject: RE: Notes on ATA/133 patch (ide.2.4.14.11062001.patch)
> 
> 
> Hi, Adam,
> 
>  Thanks a lot that you have tested Maxtor 160G drives under Linux, Could you
> tell me which former version linux kernel are you using? can we use the
> newest 2.4.16 downloaded from www.kernel.org?
> 
>  Do we need to check some special options in the configuration file for
> version 2.4.16 to support Promise ata133 card and Maxtor 160G drive? Because
> from the kernel configuration file for 2.4.16, only ata33/ata66/ata100 are
> supported for Promise card. 
> 
>  The last question, do we need to manually change any files beside
> downloading the former newest kernel?
> 
>  Thanks a lot. 
> 
> 
>  Yours sincerely,
>  Guolin Cheng
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adam J. Richter [mailto:[e-mail]]
> Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2001 4:59 AM
> To: [e-mail]
> Cc: [e-mail]
> Subject: Notes on ATA/133 patch (ide.2.4.14.11062001.patch)
> 
> 
> Hello Andre,
> 
> 	Thank you very much for implementing the 48-bit ATA controller
> support in your recent IDE kernel patches (ide.2.4.14.11062001.patch).
> I am using a Maxtor 160GB hard disk with your patches on linux-2.4.15-pre5,
> and it seems to be working well so far (two hours).
> 
> 	I do have a couple of minor notes about your patch.  I could
> generate some diffs, but they're simple and I'm not completely sure
> about the right solution.
> 
> 	1. Your patch creates a circular dependency between the ide-mod.o
> and ide-probe-mod.o modules, which is only noticible when IDE support
> is compiled as a module.  The problem is that ide.c has the
> EXPORT_SYMBOL declarations for export_ide_init_queue and
> export_probe_for_drive in ide-probe.c.  At the moment, I have
> moved the two EXPORT_SYMBOL declarations to the ide-probe.c, but I
> believe the correct solution is just to remove the two routines
> from your patch, since it appears that nothing uses them yet.
> 
> 	2. A while ago, I posted a change that modularizes partition
> support (in reality, I never use the kernel-based partition code, but
> that's another matter).  Your declaration of ide_xlate_1024_hook to
> fs/partitions/msdos.c creates a circular dependency in my kernel (but
> not in Linus's), which I fixed by moving the declatation to
> fs/partitions/check.c.  I do not yet understand the purpose of
> ide_xlate_1024 to understand whether it really is specific to the
> MSDOS style of partition labeling.
> 
> 	Anyhow, I hope this information is helpful.  Please let me know
> if you want me to geneate a patch or test anything.  So far, your patch
> seems to be working very well.  Thank you very much for developing it.
> 
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Andre Hedrick
CEO/President, LAD Storage Consulting Group
Linux ATA Development
Linux Disk Certification Project