From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
mbligh@aracnet.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kill ide-geometry.c, fix boot problems
Date: 16 Apr 2003 16:28:18 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1050506897.28591.124.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <UTC200304161516.h3GFGRW23387.aeb@smtp.cwi.nl>
On Mer, 2003-04-16 at 16:16, Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl wrote:
> All traces of ide_xlate_1024 have been removed.
> Few people need it, and sometimes it was directly
> harmful. (And it is dead code in 2.5.recent.)
> There are now boot options "remap" and "remap63"
> for people with EZD or DM.
There are lots of people with remap/remap63 needs. This should be automated
as it was before or it will be a nightmare. You are desperate to remove
the ide_xlate stuff but you can't do that without providing equivalent
automatic functionality, either thats in base or that the vendors all
just merge anyway.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-04-16 16:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-04-16 15:16 Andries.Brouwer
2003-04-16 15:28 ` Alan Cox [this message]
2003-04-16 18:02 Andries.Brouwer
2003-04-16 20:22 ` Jamie Lokier
2003-04-16 23:00 Andries.Brouwer
2003-04-17 13:19 ` Alan Cox
2003-04-17 0:29 Chuck Ebbert
2003-04-17 7:22 Andries.Brouwer
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