Alan Cox wrote: >> It seems ide-floppy needs some special handlings in interrupt handling >> too like delaying data transfer by several ticks after device indicates >> readiness. Apart from separate high level driver, we might have to >> modify libata HSM implementation if we're gonna support these devices. > > The data transfer delay may well be down to the DMA bug
I see. >> Can someone more knowledgeable explain what needs to be done differently >> from standard ATAPI for these devices? > > In theory not a lot if anything. I don't have a ZIP drive but have got an > old Iomega Clik! PCMCIA drive somewhere if you need an ide-floppy device > Tejun. If you've got a spare one, that would be great but otherwise I think you're much better qualified for libata ide-floppy support. :-) Thanks. -- tejun - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
