> Another trick is the `IDE doubler' for Amiga (but I guess you can make it work
> on any IDE interface): with a few diodes you can map the second bank of 8 IDE
> registers to a second IDE chain, doubling the number of devices you can
> attach.
Does Linux actually support that, (on any architecture)?
I was just imagining a RAID array on laptops which only have one IDE controller...
John.
On Thu, 17 Jul 2003, John Bradford wrote:
> > Another trick is the `IDE doubler' for Amiga (but I guess you can make it work
> > on any IDE interface): with a few diodes you can map the second bank of 8 IDE
> > registers to a second IDE chain, doubling the number of devices you can
> > attach.
>
> Does Linux actually support that, (on any architecture)?
Yes, that's why there are tests for CONTROL_REG in the code in the first place.
Check out CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDOUBLER in drivers/ide/.
> I was just imagining a RAID array on laptops which only have one IDE controller...
Cool ;-)
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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