Linux-kernel mailing list archive 1998-31,: Re: IDE-DRIVER Suggested Update

# Re: IDE-DRIVER Suggested Update

Andre M. Hedrick (hedrick@Astro.Dyer.Vanderbilt.Edu)
Thu, 6 Aug 1998 12:12:46 -0500 (CDT)

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On Thu, 6 Aug 1998, Meelis Roos wrote:

> AMH> This is a patch that goes directly into "pre-patch-2.1.115-3" and
> AMH> "pre-patch-2.1.115-4".
>
> Tried it - made no difference here (i.e. worked).
> PIIX4 on Tyan Titan Turbo ATX-2 motherboard,
> hda: QUANTUM FIREBALL ST1.6A, ATA DISK drive (UDMA)
> hdc: TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-6002B, ATAPI CDROM drive (PIO, forced DMA)
> hdd: ST32531A, ATA DISK drive (PIO)
>
> AMH> Add/fix naming of IDE devices 9-12 {hdi,hdj}, {hdk,hdl} in genhd.c.
>
> Are the major/minor numbers confirmed by some authority?

grep -in "IDE" ./linux/include/linux/major.h

19:#define IDE0_MAJOR 3
21:#define HD_MAJOR IDE0_MAJOR
47:#define IDE1_MAJOR 22
63:#define IDE2_MAJOR 33
64:#define IDE3_MAJOR 34
67:#define IDETAPE_MAJOR 37
77:#define IDE4_MAJOR 56
78:#define IDE5_MAJOR 57

grep -in "rjones" linux/drivers/block/ide.c

87: * Version 6.13 add support for ide4/ide5 courtesy
rjones@orchestream.com

All this was found in the source.

Cheers,
Andre

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