From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz Subject: Re: Need Info about IDE driver Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:16:07 +0100 Message-ID: <200911241716.07836.bzolnier@gmail.com> References: <846629303ABF174A9EA5BB26D6965A594D5465@MX2.AlphionCorp.local> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mail-ew0-f215.google.com ([209.85.219.215]:34219 "EHLO mail-ew0-f215.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933231AbZKXQRc (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:17:32 -0500 In-Reply-To: <846629303ABF174A9EA5BB26D6965A594D5465@MX2.AlphionCorp.local> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Sachin Rane Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi, On Tuesday 24 November 2009 02:02:35 pm Sachin Rane wrote: > > Hi, > > I am new to 'IDE' Linux driver. > Before writing this mail I tried to get information from internet but > couldn't hit the website which can give developer point of view > information. > > I am going through the code ' > kernel-2.6.16.1-ts.amcc440gx.basic.1/drivers/ide/pci/siimage.c' and user > manual for 'Sil0680' to understand how the IDE driver works. > > I have very basic questions: > 1. What does mean the value '2' i.e. 'Custom' which has been set for > 'hwif->mmio' 'Custom' value is gone in newer kernels and it is rather unlikely that you'll find people interested in the community support for 3.5 years old kernel. > 2. Where I can find details about 'TaskFile'? http://ata.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Developer_Resources PS Please cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org mailing list on discussions related to Linux ATA support. Thanks. -- Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz