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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/ide/legacy/hd.c | 73 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 61 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/ide/legacy/hd.c b/drivers/ide/legacy/hd.c index 7f4c0a5050a..8f2db8dd35f 100644 --- a/drivers/ide/legacy/hd.c +++ b/drivers/ide/legacy/hd.c @@ -719,74 +719,25 @@ static int __init hd_init(void) device_timer.function = hd_times_out; blk_queue_hardsect_size(hd_queue, 512); -#ifdef __i386__ if (!NR_HD) { - extern struct drive_info drive_info; - unsigned char *BIOS = (unsigned char *) &drive_info; - unsigned long flags; - int cmos_disks; - - for (drive=0 ; drive<2 ; drive++) { - hd_info[drive].cyl = *(unsigned short *) BIOS; - hd_info[drive].head = *(2+BIOS); - hd_info[drive].wpcom = *(unsigned short *) (5+BIOS); - hd_info[drive].ctl = *(8+BIOS); - hd_info[drive].lzone = *(unsigned short *) (12+BIOS); - hd_info[drive].sect = *(14+BIOS); -#ifdef does_not_work_for_everybody_with_scsi_but_helps_ibm_vp - if (hd_info[drive].cyl && NR_HD == drive) - NR_HD++; -#endif - BIOS += 16; - } - - /* - We query CMOS about hard disks : it could be that - we have a SCSI/ESDI/etc controller that is BIOS - compatible with ST-506, and thus showing up in our - BIOS table, but not register compatible, and therefore - not present in CMOS. - - Furthermore, we will assume that our ST-506 drives - <if any> are the primary drives in the system, and - the ones reflected as drive 1 or 2. - - The first drive is stored in the high nibble of CMOS - byte 0x12, the second in the low nibble. This will be - either a 4 bit drive type or 0xf indicating use byte 0x19 - for an 8 bit type, drive 1, 0x1a for drive 2 in CMOS. - - Needless to say, a non-zero value means we have - an AT controller hard disk for that drive. - - Currently the rtc_lock is a bit academic since this - driver is non-modular, but someday... ? Paul G. - */ - - spin_lock_irqsave(&rtc_lock, flags); - cmos_disks = CMOS_READ(0x12); - spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rtc_lock, flags); - - if (cmos_disks & 0xf0) { - if (cmos_disks & 0x0f) - NR_HD = 2; - else - NR_HD = 1; - } - } -#endif /* __i386__ */ -#ifdef __arm__ - if (!NR_HD) { - /* We don't know anything about the drive. This means + /* + * We don't know anything about the drive. This means * that you *MUST* specify the drive parameters to the * kernel yourself. + * + * If we were on an i386, we used to read this info from + * the BIOS or CMOS. This doesn't work all that well, + * since this assumes that this is a primary or secondary + * drive, and if we're using this legacy driver, it's + * probably an auxilliary controller added to recover + * legacy data off an ST-506 drive. Either way, it's + * definitely safest to have the user explicitly specify + * the information. */ printk("hd: no drives specified - use hd=cyl,head,sectors" " on kernel command line\n"); - } -#endif - if (!NR_HD) goto out; + } for (drive=0 ; drive < NR_HD ; drive++) { struct gendisk *disk = alloc_disk(64); |