address translation

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Fri, 16 May 2003, Trevor Woerner wrote:
> >From a cursory look at the ide.c code, it appears the kernel wants to
> access the ATA registers one byte at a time. Unfortunately, because my
> device is wired directly, I have to access it 16 bits at a time. So it
> looks like I'm going to have to hack the ide.c code (or something like
> it) to combine adjacent registers together before reading/writing.

Which kernel are you using? In 2.4.21-rc2, you can easily override the
hwif->{IN,OUT}B() routines.

> Is it just me, or did the hard drive controllers of the 68k era
> (drivers/ide/legacy/macide.c) have memory-mapped registers? I was
> looking at their code today and it seems similar to what I'm looking
> for (i think).

Yes, on m68k all IDE interfaces are memory mapped (just like any other I/O).

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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