The EXT_DIRECT item is already there in the configuration menu. I thought it has been fully implemented in that version, until I saw the functions are not being called in platform_init.
Base on your knowledge, which kernel version has this mode (MPC8xx IDE) fully working? And do you know the work involved in porting the support to 2.4.18? I am gauging which is the easier route moving all the changes I have already made to 2.4.2x or porting the changes to 2.4.18. David > I'm using a variant of the 2.4.18 kernel from timesys. > > The kernel is compiled with those settings. (in your email) > > I had to add a call to m8xx_ide_init in m8xx-setup.c at the end of > platform_init. > > I can only find these defines in ide-m8xx.c. I am thinking there must be > more to it than the one file. Hmm. 2.4.18 is pretty old. I don't know if there's support for MPC8xx IDE! CONFIG_IDE_EXT_DIRECT was introduced long (!) after CONFIG_IDE_8xx_PCCARD and CONFIG_IDE_8xx_DIRECT. Did you add the code for IDE_EXT_DIRECT yourself? Steven ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/