In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Greg Lehey writes:
>On Wednesday, 24 November 1999 at 10:39:44 +0100, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
>>
>> So I would like to propose that we discontinue support for ST-506,
>> ESDI disks and BAD144 bad-sector remapping starting with the 4.0
>> release.
>>
>> So, is anyon
On 1999-Nov-26 05:09:20 +1100, Greg Lehey wrote:
>I don't suppose it would be that big a deal to remove the old driver,
>but what speaks against leaving it in the tree along with a comment in
>the GENERIC config file saying "if you use antediluvial disk hardware,
>you may prefer to use an old driv
On Wednesday, 24 November 1999 at 10:39:44 +0100, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
>
> Sørens new ATA driver can handle all IDE disks as far as has been
> tested now, but it doesn't provide bad sector remapping which is
> needed for ESDI and ST-506 disks.
>
> Having two drivers fight for the same class of
Sørens new ATA driver can handle all IDE disks as far as has been
tested now, but it doesn't provide bad sector remapping which is
needed for ESDI and ST-506 disks.
Having two drivers fight for the same class of drivers is a rather
messy process, and it complicates the code a fair bit, not to
me
