I`m trying to connect an ide harddisk to an embedded arm board. I called the ide_register_hw() from my device driver, but after this not much seem to happen in the kernel.
I wonder what the boot sequence is, when is the actual IDE hardware being used for the first time ( f.i. reading the disk boot sector ) is this already when the driver is called or does this happen later after kernel startup ?
Any help or explanation on this subject would be welcome.
Best regards,
Marcel G