linux-kernel - Re: [discuss] "ide=reverse" do we still need this?

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Date:	Wed, 13 Feb 2008 09:54:09 +0100
From:	Dirk GOUDERS <hank@...bocholt.fh-gelsenkirchen.de>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
cc:	bzolnier@...il.com, muli@...ibm.com, discuss@...-64.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-ide@...r.kernel.org,
	jdmason@...zu.us, linux-pci@...ey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz
Subject: Re: [discuss] "ide=reverse" do we still need this? 


> Hm, so, to summarize:
>   - you needed this option many years ago to get a box to work properly
>   - you don't need this today

I would summarize:

    - ide=reverse solved certain problems and I am not sure if there are
      users who still need this option

> So, if the option went away, you would not be inconvenienced?

I remember that the disks of the old box are still in a drawer and today,
I will try to reanimate the system and see if grub's ability to map
drives helps to boot the system without ide=reverse.  I'll report later.

Dirk
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