[ltp] Thinkpad T23 changes HD device in port replikator 2631

[Helmut Hullen]

Hallo, Henrique,

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>> When I put the T23 into a 2631 and then boot it Linux finds not only
>> IDE0 and IDE1 but also IDE2 and IDE3, and it tells me that the HD is
>> /dev/hde.
>> "dmesg" also reports a CMD 648 - is such a controller built into the
>> port replikator?

> Yes. And it is a piss-poor, buggy piece of crap of an IDE controller,
> at that.  Make extremely sure your kernel has CMD64x support or it
> will destroy your data (if the kernel manages to talk to it using
> generic IDE support).

Kernel-configuration:

        CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD64X=y

(maybe therefore this controller gets IDE0 and IDE1)

        # CONFIG_PATA_CMD64X is not set

Do I need this option?

Viele Gruesse!
Helmut