Bug#298927: ALI IDE problems on sparc

[Jurij Smakov <jurij@wooyd.org>]

Hi,

The problem with ALI IDE detection on sparc seems to be a variation of 
the same problem with CMD64x chipset, which was "solved" before by 
compiling the corresponding module into the kernel. After some 
experimenting I was able to build a kernel-image with _all_ IDE stuff 
compiled as modules, which works fine on my Ultra5 with CMD64x controller 
[0]. I would appreciate if you could test it on your hardware to see if it 
improves the situation. If you could confirm that it fails with 2.4.27-2 
currently in the archive, but works with my image, it would be great.

[0] http://www.wooyd.org/debian/kernels/2.4/kernel-image-2.4.27-2-sparc64_2.4.27-2_sparc.deb

Best regards,

Jurij Smakov                                        jurij@wooyd.org
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