From: smackinla@cc.curtin.edu.au (Pat Mackinlay) Subject: ANNOUNCE: XT hard disk driver ALPHA-4 Date: 29 Dec 1992 19:30:42 GMT
For those that use it, version 4 of the XT hard disk controller driver is
available (or will be) on tsx-11.mit.edu and nic.funet.fi.
This driver essentially allows you to use XT style (8 bit) hard disk
controllers under Linux. These controllers, while slow, have the advantage
of using a separate set of IO ports and a different IRQ to normal AT style
(or IDE) disk controllers, allowing them to be used in conjunction with
them. This means that you can have up to 4 drives in one machine (however,
you can only access all four under Linux).
If you have an old 8 bit controller and some old disk gathering dust, I'd
appreciate it if you'd give my driver a go (and gain some disk space to
boot <grin>) and let me know how it works (or not <grin>) for you.
The changes to this version should reduce the amount of CPU time absorbed
by the driver and should allow it to work properly with Seagate ST11R/M
controllers.
Pat -- Have a day!