From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <402A4ABF.8040801@imc-berlin.de> Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 16:31:11 +0100 From: Steven Scholz MIME-Version: 1.0 To: DavidHo@nanometrics.ca Cc: linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org Subject: Re: EXT_DIRECT IDE Mode References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Sender: owner-linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: DavidHo@nanometrics.ca wrote: > My application needs a compactflash and a 1.8" disk drive connected to the > MPC852T. Since the compact flash has already taken up the only PCMCIA > slot, the disk drive is directly attached to the PPC bus so I need to > enable EXT_DIRECT for the disk drive. Ok. > I haven't been able to make linux call the ide_init_hwif function. I > looked at how ide.c works and it looks like it enables IDE interfaces on > the PCI first (ide_default_io_base returns non-zero). I haven't yet been > able to find out where it call my function. > > Would you be able to tell me how you got this mode working. I do if you tell me which kernel version you tried. I guess you have CONFIG_BLK_DEV_MPC8xx_IDE=y # CONFIG_IDE_8xx_PCCARD is not set # CONFIG_IDE_8xx_DIRECT is not set CONFIG_IDE_EXT_DIRECT=y in your .config file? Steven ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/