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diff --git a/drivers/ide/opti621.c b/drivers/ide/opti621.c index f1d70d6630f..2052788fab7 100644 --- a/drivers/ide/opti621.c +++ b/drivers/ide/opti621.c @@ -8,77 +8,6 @@ * Jan Harkes <jaharkes@cwi.nl>, * Mark Lord <mlord@pobox.com> * Some parts of code are from ali14xx.c and from rz1000.c. - * - * OPTi is trademark of OPTi, Octek is trademark of Octek. - * - * I used docs from OPTi databook, from ftp.opti.com, file 9123-0002.ps - * and disassembled/traced setupvic.exe (DOS program). - * It increases kernel code about 2 kB. - * I don't have this card no more, but I hope I can get some in case - * of needed development. - * My card is Octek PIDE 1.01 (on card) or OPTiViC (program). - * It has a place for a secondary connector in circuit, but nothing - * is there. Also BIOS says no address for - * secondary controller (see bellow in ide_init_opti621). - * I've only tested this on my system, which only has one disk. - * It's Western Digital WDAC2850, with PIO mode 3. The PCI bus - * is at 20 MHz (I have DX2/80, I tried PCI at 40, but I got random - * lockups). I tried the OCTEK double speed CD-ROM and - * it does not work! But I can't boot DOS also, so it's probably - * hardware fault. I have connected Conner 80MB, the Seagate 850MB (no - * problems) and Seagate 1GB (as slave, WD as master). My experiences - * with the third, 1GB drive: I got 3MB/s (hdparm), but sometimes - * it slows to about 100kB/s! I don't know why and I have - * not this drive now, so I can't try it again. - * I write this driver because I lost the paper ("manual") with - * settings of jumpers on the card and I have to boot Linux with - * Loadlin except LILO, cause I have to run the setupvic.exe program - * already or I get disk errors (my test: rpm -Vf - * /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_SVGA - or any big file). - * Some numbers from hdparm -t /dev/hda: - * Timing buffer-cache reads: 32 MB in 3.02 seconds =10.60 MB/sec - * Timing buffered disk reads: 16 MB in 5.52 seconds = 2.90 MB/sec - * I have 4 Megs/s before, but I don't know why (maybe changes - * in hdparm test). - * After release of 0.1, I got some successful reports, so it might work. - * - * The main problem with OPTi is that some timings for master - * and slave must be the same. For example, if you have master - * PIO 3 and slave PIO 0, driver have to set some timings of - * master for PIO 0. Second problem is that opti621_set_pio_mode - * got only one drive to set, but have to set both drives. - * This is solved in compute_pios. If you don't set - * the second drive, compute_pios use ide_get_best_pio_mode - * for autoselect mode (you can change it to PIO 0, if you want). - * If you then set the second drive to another PIO, the old value - * (automatically selected) will be overrided by yours. - * There is a 25/33MHz switch in configuration - * register, but driver is written for use at any frequency. - * - * Version 0.1, Nov 8, 1996 - * by Jaromir Koutek, for 2.1.8. - * Initial version of driver. - * - * Version 0.2 - * Number 0.2 skipped. - * - * Version 0.3, Nov 29, 1997 - * by Mark Lord (probably), for 2.1.68 - * Updates for use with new IDE block driver. - * - * Version 0.4, Dec 14, 1997 - * by Jan Harkes - * Fixed some errors and cleaned the code. - * - * Version 0.5, Jan 2, 1998 - * by Jaromir Koutek - * Updates for use with (again) new IDE block driver. - * Update of documentation. - * - * Version 0.6, Jan 2, 1999 - * by Jaromir Koutek - * Reversed to version 0.3 of the driver, because - * 0.5 doesn't work. */ #include <linux/types.h> |