Re: [PATCH] 2.5.14 IDE 56

Dave Jones (davej@suse.de)
Wed, 8 May 2002 20:59:34 +0200

On Wed, May 08, 2002 at 12:21:39PM -0600, Erik Andersen wrote:
> if ((fd=open(device_string, O_RDONLY | O_NONBLOCK)) < 0) {
...

> etc.... to detect the available ide devices without groveling
> through /proc/ide?

This goes splat with removable IDE devices like ZIP drives etc.
They fail to open() unless you put a disk in them.

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