From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266635AbUG2WHJ (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Jul 2004 18:07:09 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267466AbUG2WHJ (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Jul 2004 18:07:09 -0400 Received: from the-village.bc.nu ([81.2.110.252]:49821 "EHLO localhost.localdomain") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266635AbUG2WHF (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Jul 2004 18:07:05 -0400 Subject: Re: OK, anybody have any hints and tips to get an MFM drive working again? From: Alan Cox To: Rogier Wolff Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <20040729201458.GA19252@bitwizard.nl> References: <20040729201458.GA19252@bitwizard.nl> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1091135075.1453.5.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 22:04:38 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Iau, 2004-07-29 at 21:14, Rogier Wolff wrote: > I THINK we have a couple of those cards that don't have any > interrupts. Would Linux be able to work with those? The old hd driver should support this in 2.4 and 2.6. Its fair to say that neither hd.c nor xd.c get much testing nowdays. One of the biggest problems tends to be finding a machine you can use the old MFM cards in because any motherboard disk controller will clash. If you aren't in any hurry you can call handler() from the start of the timer timeout function if you lack IRQ's.