> using separate pata_acpi driver (we can definitely implement pata_acpi > using the helpers). It will reduce general confusion and allow > combining acpi cable detection with specialized device handling (e.g. > ACPI cable detection combined with ADMA command operation). Read the code Tejun, I did exactly that. pata_acpi is a driver which uses a nice clean set of helper methods I added to libata-acpi. pata_acpi itself knows nothing about ACPI other than calling into libata-acpi. Alan - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html