Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 27 Dec 2001 18:04:26 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 27 Dec 2001 18:04:15 -0500 Received: from ns.ithnet.com ([217.64.64.10]:64267 "HELO heather.ithnet.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Thu, 27 Dec 2001 18:04:11 -0500 Message-Id: <200112272304.AAA05151@webserver.ithnet.com> Cc: "James Stevenson" , jlladono@pie.xtec.es, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 00:04:01 +0100 Subject: Re: 2.4.x kernels, big ide disks and old bios To: Guest section DW Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: IMHO/0.97.1 (Webmail for Roxen) In-Reply-To: <20011227234104.B4528@win.tue.nl> From: Stephan von Krawczynski Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > On Thu, Dec 27, 2001 at 07:51:01PM +0100, Stephan von Krawczynski wrote: > > > I don't know. I tried once with > > > > 00:01.1 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE] (rev d0) > > > > and it did not work. I could definitely not write beyond the 32 GB border. I > > replaced the mobo then. > > Did you try setmax? unfortunately not, I did not even know it existed before this thread. I must admit I have still not had a look at it, but on the other hand: if it makes big IDE drives work on old mobo & bios, it may be a good idea to include its intelligence into the kernel, or not? Yes, I know that people nowadays tend to strip down _old_ stuff from the current sources, but I guess it is not a big loss in code size either, is it? knock, knock .. hello IDE maintainer, how about a Xmas present ? :-) Regards, Stephan - 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/