Re: [PATCH] 2.5.67-ac1 IDE - fix Taskfile IOCTLs

[Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz]

On Thu, 17 Apr 2003, Andre Hedrick wrote:

> ide_diag_taskfile

???

> Do not do that it will break paths!

What paths?

> On Fri, 18 Apr 2003, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
>
> >
> > Hey,
> >
> > This time 5 incremental patches:
> >
> > 1       - Fix PIO handlers for Taskfile ioctls.
> > 2a + 2b - Taskfile and flagged Taskfile PIO handlers unification.
> > 3       - Map HDIO_DRIVE_CMD ioctl onto taskfile.
> > 4       - Remove dead ide_diag_taskfile() code.
> >
> > [ More comments inside patches. ]
> >
> > Special care is needed for patch 3 as it is a bit experimental,
> > but at least hdparm -I /dev/hdx still works :-).
> > I have also made version using direct IO to user pages,
> > it works okay too but needs some more work to be elegant...
> >
> > You can also get them at:
> > http://home.elka.pw.edu.pl/~bzolnier/patches/2.5.67-ac1/
> >
> > --
> > bzolnier
> >
>
> Andre Hedrick
> LAD Storage Consulting Group