Re: [PATCH] ide-disk.c rev 1.13 killed CONFIG_IDEDISK_STROKE

[Erik Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>]

On Sun Aug 03, 2003 at 03:26:59AM +0200, Andries Brouwer wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 02, 2003 at 05:34:38PM -0600, Erik Andersen wrote:
> 
> > I have rewritten the init_idedisk_capacity() function and taught
> > it to behave itself.  It is now much cleaner IMHO
> 
> Yes, nice cleanup.

Thanks.  :-)

> Some comments for later - the patch can be applied as it is:
> 
> The assignment
> 	drive->select.b.lba = 0/1;
> is done in the first half of init_idedisk_capacity().
> I don't think the presence or disabling of HPA has any effect
> on b.lba, so there should not be such assignments in the
> second, HPA, half.

Yes, you are right.  This is garbage leftover from the previous
implementation.  It should not change anything, but that would 
be a nice additional cleanup.

> My standard muttering: id->... should not be modified.

Agreed, but that is best left for another patch, since I did not
want to walk through the whole ide stack checking for things that
depends on this behavior.  Hopefully nothing, but you never know.

> In my source I test drive->head * drive->sect for being nonzero
> before dividing.

That would also be a nice additional cleanup.

 -Erik

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