On Sun, Oct 09, 2005 at 12:02:18PM -0700, Brad Boyer wrote: > On Sun, Oct 09, 2005 at 10:08:08AM -0300, Rog?rio Brito wrote: > > > One possibility in the 2.6.13/2.6.14 timeframe is the ability to > > > remove the non-apple chrp and prep code. Also, i am not sure if the > > > pmac-ide driver works on those machines, or if they use scsi only, in > > > this case we can try removing it also. > > > > The box that I have here only has SCSI controllers, but I think that we > > could do what Free Software is best at: leave things that we don't think > > are necessary. If anybody is affected or cares to ask for support, then > > it probably isn't worth the effort of having it. > > There are definitely oldworld models with IDE. For example, all > PowerBooks have used IDE hard drives since before the transition > to ppc. That means at least the 2400,3400, and early G3 PowerBooks > are all both oldworld and dependent on IDE support for internal > drives. I think there are a few desktop oldworld models with IDE > hard drives as well, but I'd have to search around to figure > out which ones.
The question being, do they also use the pmac-ide driver or something else ? Friendly; Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
