Re: [OFFTOPIC] IDE maintainer?

Mike A. Harris (mharris@ican.net)
Mon, 12 Oct 1998 03:30:57 -0400 (EDT)

On Sun, 11 Oct 1998, Andre M. Hedrick wrote:

>> I haven't seen Mark Lord posting in this list in a long time. I
>> remember him and Linus having a spat back around 2.1.112 or so,
>> and Mark changing his .sig to be "Ex-Linux-IDE-guy", however I
>> thought this problem was solved and all parties involved worked
>> out their differences.
>
>I doubt that all issues were settled or you would not have needed to
>enquire about the subject.

Ok.

>> So, is Mark still around here, or has he officially left
>> Linux-development?
>
>Mark is off in the background and is busy with other work, yes, all but
>left Linux.

Hmmm.

>> If so, has anyone else stepped up to the task?
>
>I spent a long time trying to pick is brain during the introduction of
>IO-APIC into the kernel. What I did learn was that I had a lot to learn.
>Since I bugged him the most and a few other things, I offerred to help.
>
>I have stepped up after being part of a loose-knit group of ide-misfits,
>only because I have a big mouth. I am not in the official capacity to
>date as the IDE Maintainer, but have started to work with Linus in the
>meantime.

;o)

>My speciality wrt to IDE was making off-board UDMA cards
>functional/bootable. Since all SMP PPros and P5 mainboards that I know
>of are limited to DMA mode 2, I needed direct UDMA support and upgradablity.
>Thus a need, an action taken.

Great! I just wondered if someone was doing something or if it
was just idle.

>Any and all help is welcomed. If someone more skilled than me wants the
>task, I am willing to fall back to what I worked on before. Until that
>time, I need IDE support also............thus I am attempting to
>keep the driver moving in a forward direction.

Great also! I hope the Aladdin documentation comes in handy!
;o) I'm dying to see my drive speed increase past 8Mb/s.

Take care!

--
Mike A. Harris  -  Computer Consultant  -  Linux advocate


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