Linux 5.14 will be dropping the legacy IDE driver:ããhttps://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-5.14-Legacy-IDE-DroppedããThis is the old driver that identifies PATA disks as /dev/hdX, at least PATA disksãwill still work with the libata driver (which most Linux systems do these daysãanyway that identify disks as /dev/sdX).ããSaves a whole 40k out of 3m lines of code :Pãã-Jonathanãã---ã þ Synchronet þ SA Vintage Computer Community BBS - bbs.vcgsa.co.zaã

Re: Legacy IDE driver to be dropped from next Linux kernel releaseã By: highvoltage to All on Tue Jun 29 2021 04:25 pmãã > Linux 5.14 will be dropping the legacy IDE driver:ã > ã > https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-5.14-Legacy-IDE-Droppedã > ã > This is the old driver that identifies PATA disks as /dev/hdX, at least PATA disksã > will still work with the libata driver (which most Linux systems do these daysã > anyway that identify disks as /dev/sdX).ã > ã > Saves a whole 40k out of 3m lines of code :Pã > ã > -Jonathanã > ããThanks for the news.ããPlease note that IDE will still be suported with libata. I know you said it in yourãpost but it is worth repeating. You nearly gave me a stroke because I happen to runãmany systems with IDE drives in them.ãã--ãgopher://gopher.richardfalken.com/1/richardfalkenãã---ã þ Synchronet þ Palantir BBS * palantirbbs.ddns.net * Pensacola, FLã