Re: please DON'T run 2.5.27 with IDE!

[Andre Hedrick <andre@linux-ide.org>]

On Tue, 23 Jul 2002, Jan Harkes wrote:

> On Tue, Jul 23, 2002 at 03:58:58PM +0200, Marcin Dalecki wrote:
> > That's actually not true... At least the setting of the
> > request rq->flags is significantly different here and there.
> > However I think but I'm not sure that the fact aht we have rq->special 
> > != NULL here has the hidded side effect that we indeed accomplish the
> > same semantics.
> > 
> > >And yes it will be useful to move it to block layer.
> > 
> > Done. Just needs testing. I have at least an ZIP parport drive, which
> > allows me to do some basic checks.
> 
> Ehh, you are testing all those IDE changes with a ZIP drive connected to
> the parallel port? Don't you have any real IDE devices?? I'm sure we can
> all chip in and buy you a drive if you need one.

Would be faster to get a real maintainer, but nobody cares about actually
finishing 2.5 or they would find one that could actually make it work
proper.

Andre Hedrick
LAD Storage Consulting Group

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2.4, has crappy code, an arse-hole maintainer, and a working safe driver.
2.5, erm "Two of Three, ain't BAD"