> Andries Brouwer wrote:
> > > Or is the "old disk-only driver" hd.c obsolete and to be dropped ?
> >
> > The fact that you are the first to complain is an indication
> > that not many kernel developers use this old hd.c.
> > But it should remain functional.
>
> Isn't this about the time that we can say: This is depreciated so much
> that it will no longer work?
>
> We kept it around because it was a VERY important driver, and we
> weren't completely sure that the new version would work for everyone.
> Well, we've tried it for a few years now, and it works. So the old one
> can be dropped.
The main hd.c advantage is its size.
ls -l hd.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11308 May 21 20:27 hd.o
while the whole ide* support (even if disk only) is ~120 kB.
Important difference for old low memory systems...
And results of combining hd.c with IDE chipset tuning code (for PIO) may
be quite good.
Andrzej
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