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Merge with ATA? Discard the page altogether? Rewrite the code? - [[User:Combuster|Combuster]] 09:14, 23 May 2011 (UTC) |
Merge with ATA? Discard the page altogether? Rewrite the code? - [[User:Combuster|Combuster]] 09:14, 23 May 2011 (UTC) |
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It's much worse. Apparently, we have a whole bunch of ATA articles: |
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* [[IDE]] |
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* [[ATAPI]] |
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* [[ATA read/write sectors]] |
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* [[ATA PIO Mode]] |
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* [[ATA/ATAPI using DMA]] |
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* [[ATA/ATAPI Power Management]] |
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* [[ATA in x86 RealMode (BIOS)]] |
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and reading/writing is covered in quite a few places, one way or another. There's a lot duplicated information so, except for the last article on the list, all of them should probably be merged. I doubt it'll be very easy though, it looks like a lot of work---I did the significantly easier job of merging two articles into [[Detecting Memory (x86)]] in the past and it still took me quite a while; maybe we should just delete all of them and start fresh (tounge in cheek). |
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The CPU operating mode-specific code is indeed another problem; C should be used instead. It's not the only article like this :( --[[User:Love4boobies|Love4boobies]] 16:34, 23 May 2011 (UTC) |
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Revision as of 16:34, 23 May 2011
Various issues
Several things that annoy me about this page:
- The code requires longmode
- The code does not check for error messages
- The code does not document the input properly - it can't be used as-is
- The code does not document several magic numbers, and it's hardwired for a specific drive.
- There already exists several ATA pages, including sample code. Why do we need a new one?
Merge with ATA? Discard the page altogether? Rewrite the code? - Combuster 09:14, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
It's much worse. Apparently, we have a whole bunch of ATA articles:
- IDE
- ATAPI
- ATA read/write sectors
- ATA PIO Mode
- ATA/ATAPI using DMA
- ATA/ATAPI Power Management
- ATA in x86 RealMode (BIOS)
and reading/writing is covered in quite a few places, one way or another. There's a lot duplicated information so, except for the last article on the list, all of them should probably be merged. I doubt it'll be very easy though, it looks like a lot of work---I did the significantly easier job of merging two articles into Detecting Memory (x86) in the past and it still took me quite a while; maybe we should just delete all of them and start fresh (tounge in cheek).
The CPU operating mode-specific code is indeed another problem; C should be used instead. It's not the only article like this :( --Love4boobies 16:34, 23 May 2011 (UTC)