Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S271494AbTGQPfG (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Jul 2003 11:35:06 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S271500AbTGQPfG (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Jul 2003 11:35:06 -0400 Received: from 81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk ([81.2.122.30]:133 "EHLO 81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S271494AbTGQPfE (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Jul 2003 11:35:04 -0400 Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 16:58:57 +0100 From: John Bradford Message-Id: <200307171558.h6HFwvju003135@81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk> To: geert@linux-m68k.org, torvalds@osdl.org Subject: Re: Fix IDE initialization when we don't probe for interrupts. Cc: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, B.Zolnierkiewicz@elka.pw.edu.pl, jgarzik@pobox.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 638 Lines: 15 > 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. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/