But, IMHO, it is possible. There are PCI controllers using ALI chipset.
What about 386/486 SMP ?
> and (2) the probe only happens if the user asks for it with
> a kernel boot parameter.
Yes, but this parameter cannot be switched off from command line after
setting it in lilo.conf. :( I noticed disadvantage of this situation when
using an ali14xx lilo diskette with an Intel Triton MB (just try to boot
it - division by zero error is generated during start).
>
> > 2. Is it (possible problems during probing) the reason that chipset
> > probing code is not available when compiling IDE support as a module?
>
> Err.. the support ought to still be available as part of the "resident"
> portion of the IDE driver when modules are used. Right?
No.
1. (config scripts) CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE must be set to "y" to enable chipset
options.
2. ide_hwifs[] and ide_system_bus_speed() are declared in ide.c and used in
(eg.) ali14xx.c - move them to the main kernel (?)
3. ...?
Regards
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