Re: Linux 2.4.21-rc8

Jerome Chantelauze (jerome.chantelauze@finix.eu.org)
Fri, 13 Jun 2003 00:23:38 +0200


On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 07:06:15PM -0300, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Here goes -rc8. If nothing really bad happens in 2 days, this becomes
> final.

Hi,

-rc8 with "Old hard disk (MFM/RLL/IDE) driver" still doesn't build.

Does it mean that the old ide driver will not be available anymore and
that 2.4.21 will not run on some older computers ?

Using the new driver will not help on some older computers. I gave it a
try, and at least one of my computers have serious timing problems with
the new (enhanced) ide driver.

I try again to send a (trivial) patch to fix this. Please, Marcello,
consider including it. Anyway, it can't break anything.

If you reject it, please give me a chance to improve it, and tell me
why.

---------
*** drivers/ide/Makefile.orig Thu Jun 12 23:37:49 2003
--- drivers/ide/Makefile Thu Jun 12 23:40:15 2003
***************
*** 54,59 ****
--- 54,60 ----
obj-y += arm/idedriver-arm.o
else
ifeq ($(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD_ONLY),y)
+ subdir-$(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD_ONLY) += legacy
obj-y += legacy/idedriver-legacy.o
endif
endif
---------

Regards.

--
Jerome Chantelauze
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