Re: 2.4.x kernels, big ide disks and old bios

[Stephan von Krawczynski <skraw@ithnet.com>]

> On Thu, Dec 27, 2001 at 07:51:01PM +0100, Stephan von Krawczynski   
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> > I don't know. I tried once with                                   
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> > 00:01.1 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE]
(rev d0)                                                              
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> > and it did not work. I could definitely not write beyond the 32 GB
border. I                                                             
> > replaced the mobo then.                                           
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> Did you try setmax?                                                 
                                                                      
unfortunately not, I did not even know it existed before this thread. 
I must admit I have still not had a look at it, but on the other hand:
if it makes big IDE drives work on old mobo & bios, it may be a good  
idea to include its intelligence into the kernel, or not?             
Yes, I know that people nowadays tend to strip down _old_ stuff from  
the current sources, but I guess it is not a big loss in code size    
either, is it?                                                        
knock, knock .. hello IDE maintainer, how about a Xmas present ?      
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Regards,                                                              
Stephan