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Re: ide-scsi as default



On Sun, 2002-02-24 at 05:31, Eduard Bloch wrote:
> Would anyone mind if we use the ide-scsi driver instead of ide-cd
> as-default on the bf2.4 flavor? Additionaly, I suggest to put ide-scsi
> in the first lines into default /etc/modules file, so it is loaded first
> when the user changes to Xu's kernel-image package.

This isn't going to affect the installed kernel's default options or
anything, will it?  I can deal with ide-scsi for just the install
(although it'll probably cause problems), but I don't think that it
would be a good to put on any device on the system once installed,
except CD-writers (who have no choice).

I have a number of machines/drives that get weird lockups with ide-scsi,
and kernel list has just told me "ide-scsi sucks, don't use it."

Installation may or may not lock up on me even, if the drives are over
ide-scsi.  But, at least if I make it thru that, I'd like nothing but my
CD-writer on ide-scsi on my installed system.

> 
> Reason:
> 
>  - ide-cd, ide-floppy, and ide-type implement parts of the SCSI
>    standards (ie. MMC). ATAPI is not a uniq protocol, it is just a
>    tunnel over IDE for SCSI protocols
>  - ide* drivers just duplicate the code. Using ide-scsi saves lots of
>    kilobyte in the kernel. I was faced with the space problems while
>    trying to include Compaq-Raid support in the bf2.4 kernel.
> 
> So, any good reasons against it? If no, I will go ahead and change the
> defaults.
> 
> Gruss/Regards,
> Eduard.
> -- 
> ...mit VIM kein Problem!
> :wq
> 
> 
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