Re: [PATCH] EDD: Check for correct EDD 3.0 length

From: Alan Cox
Date: Tue May 15 2012 - 10:49:15 EST


> It is easy to be confused since there are two EDD 3 specs. First is from
> Phoenix BIOS (linked at the first mail of the thread) and it does not have
> enough info even for ATA. You can't tell primary ATA controller from secondary.

Yes you can - it's defined by the PCI specification for compatibility
mappings on hardware of that era. Once you move to newer systems with ATA
native PCI controllers then you need the 3.0 spec not the Phoenix spec.

Alan
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