DTIDE(4)

💖 DTIDE(4) 💖

hey bestie! this page lives in the Kernel Interfaces Manual, and it's all about the dtide driver. group-chat recap: it's giving IDE interface realness for an Acorn expansion slot, and we're gonna keep every detail. 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

dtide — the D.T. Software IDE interface driver. periodt. 💅

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

dtide* at podulebus0 slot ?
atabus* at dtide? channel ?

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay so the dtide driver handles a D.T. Software IDE interface that's plugged into an Acorn expansion slot. it uses the standard NetBSD IDE controller driver, and hence can use the standard atabus driver too. no cap. ✨

the card provides two IDE channels. here's the mapping, bestie:

• channel 0 — the external IDE connector.
• channel 1 — the internal connector.

so yes, two channels, two connectors, one very iconic little card. 🎀

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🔭 SEE ALSO 🔭

the whole squad:

• atabus(4)
• atapibus(4)
• podulebus(4)
• wd(4)

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💀 BUGS 💀

real talk: the driver was derived by reverse-engineering the card and its RISC OS driver, so it may not handle the card entirely optimally. not me being dramatic, that's just what the page says. 😭

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mwah 💋 — this page is from Debian, dated October 8, 2003, and its manual is DTIDE(4). slay and read responsibly. 🫶