Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 12:19:27 -0500 (EST) From: Luke <lh@aus.org> To: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ide_pci Message-ID: <199901111700.MAA04567@ayukawa.aus.org> In-Reply-To: <199901110928.UAA17408@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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> Both of these options are bogus. DISABLE_PCI_IDE works by arranging
> for buggy code in wdprobe() to not be run. It doesn't actually disable
> PCI IDE, since simiilar but non-buggy code in wdgetctlr() is still run.
> It disables buggy support for (Promise only?) IDE interfaces with more
> than 4 devices. PCI IDE is disabled by not enabling it in the wdc flags.
> ALI_V has no effect except to obfuscate the code.
>
> Bruce
It sounds like if DISABLE_PCI_IDE should be named something else,
especially if it's going to be put in LINT. If its an option that fixes
something in certain PCI IDE controllers, it sure sounds misleading.
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