patch-1.3.9 linux/drivers/block/README.ide

• Lines: 50
• Date: Mon Jul 10 17:08:05 1995
• Orig file: v1.3.8/linux/drivers/block/README.ide
• Orig date: Fri Jun 2 13:46:26 1995

diff -u --recursive --new-file v1.3.8/linux/drivers/block/README.ide linux/drivers/block/README.ide
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-README.ide -- Information regarding ide.c and ide-cd.c (IDE driver in 1.2.x)
+README.ide -- Information regarding ide.c and ide-cd.c (IDE driver in 1.3.x)
 ================================================================================
 Supported by:  mlord@bnr.ca           -- disks, interfaces, probing
                snyder@fnald0.fnal.gov -- cdroms, ATAPI, audio
@@ -21,18 +21,16 @@
 	- support for interrupt unmasking during I/O (better than hd.c)
 	- improved handshaking and error detection/recovery
 	- can co-exist with hd.c to control only the secondary interface
-NEW!	- support for reliable operation of buggy CMD-640 interfaces
+	- support for reliable operation of buggy CMD-640 interfaces
 		- use kernel command line option:   hda=serialize
-NEW!	- experimental support for DTC-2278D interfaces
+	- experimental support for DTC-2278D interfaces
 		- use kernel command line option:  hda=dtc2278
-NEW!	- run-time selectable 32bit interface support (using hdparm-2.3)
+	- run-time selectable 32bit interface support (using hdparm-2.3)
 
-Under construction:
+NEW!	- support for DiskManager 6.0x "Dynamic Disk Overlay" (experimental)
+NEW!	- support for drives with a stuck WRERR_STAT bit
+NEW!	- support for removeable devices
 
-	- improved CMD support:  tech info is supposedly "in the mail"
-	- support for interface speed selection on jumperless interfaces
-	- improved detection of non-standard IDE ATAPI cdrom drives
-	- support for non-standard 3rd/4th drive interface on Promise cards
 
 ***
 
@@ -266,13 +264,10 @@
 problems with some software".   Ignore them for linux partitions.  The "some
 software" refers to DOS, the BIOS, and LILO, as described previously.
 
-Western Digital now ships a "DiskManager 6.03" diskette with all of their big
-hard drives.  Burn it!  That idiotic piece of garbage isn't even universally
-compatible with DOS, let alone other operating systems like Linux.  Eventually
-some kind person will kludge Linux to work with it, but at present the two
-are completely incompatible.  If you have this version of DiskManager on your
-hard disk already, it can be exterminated at the expense of all data on the
-drive (back it up elsewhere), by using the "DM" command from the diskette
-as follows:   DM /Y-
+Western Digital ships a "DiskManager 6.03" diskette with all of their big
+hard drives.  Use BIOS translation instead of this if possible, as it is a
+more generally compatible method of achieving the same results (DOS access
+to the entire disk).  However, if you must use DiskManager, it should now
+work with Linux 1.3.x in most cases.  Let me know if you still have trouble.
 
 mlord@bnr.ca