Re: please DON'T run 2.5.27 with IDE!

Jan Harkes
2002-07-23T19:49:23Z

On Tue, Jul 23, 2002 at 03:58:58PM +0200, Marcin Dalecki wrote:
> That's actually not true... At least the setting of the
> request rq->flags is significantly different here and there.
> However I think but I'm not sure that the fact aht we have rq->special
> != NULL here has the hidded side effect that we indeed accomplish the
> same semantics.
>
> >And yes it will be useful to move it to block layer.
>
> Done. Just needs testing. I have at least an ZIP parport drive, which
> allows me to do some basic checks.

Ehh, you are testing all those IDE changes with a ZIP drive connected to
the parallel port? Don't you have any real IDE devices?? I'm sure we can
all chip in and buy you a drive if you need one.

Jan