Re: IDE Driver (Raw Interface) Questions

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Tue, 21 Dec 1999 13:38:43 +0000 (GMT)

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I'd say the answer to the raw hacks proposed is the same as to the SGI ones -
its "dont do that".

Post 2.4 there are lots of related things to sort out - passing kiovecs to
block devices, 32bit bounce buffers, and the like. If you had a queue-kiovec
ability then your raw device would be trivial.

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