Ok! I downloaded it, and patched the kernel. Although I don't have a
160gig drive yet (was waiting for backport), the linux 2.2.21rc2 with
the pre2 ide patch (latest and greatest) booted ok and hasn't crashed.
I'll need to try it on a new 160 gig drive sometime.
Hmmm. Hope consideration is given to back port this patch to 2.2.x.
On Fri, 15 Mar 2002, Ville Herva wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 15, 2002 at 02:50:37PM +0000, you [Alan Cox] wrote:
> > > Hopefully, linux 2.2.x will get the 160gig IDE patch that 2.4.x has.
> >
> > Andre's 2.2 patch has been picked up and maintained (I forget by who). I
> > don't consider it ever a mainstream 2.2 candidate
>
> I think you mean Krzysztof Oledzki (ole@ans.pl)
>
> From: Krzysztof Oledzki (ole@ans.pl)
> Subject: ANNOUNCE - 2.4.x ide backport for 2.2.21pre2 kernel
>
> http://groups.google.com/groups?q=ANNOUNCE+-+2.4.x+ide+backport+for&hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&oe=ISO-8859-1&selm=linux.kernel.Pine.LNX.4.33.0201291654480.17318-100000%40dark.pcgames.pl&rnum=1
>
>
> BTW: I've heard rumours that some older ide chipsets support 48-bit
> addressing with a bios upgrade. HPT370 and Via 686B have been mentioned.
>
> Highpoint windows driver readme:
>
> v2.1 11/15/2001
> * Add 48bit LBA (Big Drive) support
>
> But I'm not sure whether this means HPT370 or 372 only.
>
> Is this possible and will it be possible to support that functionality in
> Linux?
>
>
> -- v --
>
> v@iki.fi
>
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