Re: [PATCH] 2.5.6-pre2 IDE cleanup 16

Martin Dalecki
2002-03-06T12:01:39Z

Zwane Mwaikambo wrote:
> On Wed, 6 Mar 2002, Martin Dalecki wrote:
>
>
>>1. Indeed the code quality found there is *excellent* nothing comparable
>> with the messy crude found currently in linux.
>>
>
> I thought you stated that no one else was using something similar? Or
> were you refererring to the userland accessible ioctls? I believe
> FreeBSD-CURRENT might also have something in the works.

I was referring to the userland accessible ioctls going through
HDIO_DRIVE_TASKFILE - a recent introduction in 2.5.3. And I didn't
found anything comparable in the Apple code.
After looking at the code I can actually assure you that FreeBSD-CURRENT
does not contain anything comparable to this.