Re: Sparc IDE in 2.4.20

[Pete Zaitcev]

> Is IDE known to be broken on Sparc in 2.4.20?  I just got this compile
> failiure:
> sparc-linux-ld -T arch/sparc/vmlinux.lds arch/sparc/kernel/head.o arch/sparc/kernel
> drivers/ide/idedriver.o: In function `ide_end_drive_cmd':
> drivers/ide/idedriver.o(.text+0x11d4): undefined reference to `inw_p'

I tested it in 2.4.7 for the last time. It probably bitrotted.
Why do you care? I posess the only IDE capable sparc on this planet.
Just configure it out, and be happy.

Are you sure you did not want to compile for sparc64, hint, hint?

-- Pete