On Wed, 25 Jul 2007, Sergei Shtylyov wrote: > Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote: > > > > This is now very similar to pata_platform.c, they both use > > > same platform data structure and same resources. > > > > To achieve that, byte_lanes_swapping platform data variable > > > and platform specified iops removed from that driver. It's fine, > > > since those were never used anyway. > > > > pata_platform and ide_platform are carrying same driver names, > > > to easily switch between these drivers, without need to touch > > > platform code. > > > Why? There's a drivers/ide/arm/ide_arm.c IDe driver that some platforms (not > > in the mainline) hack to access, e.g., CF cards in true-IDE mode. About a > > month ago I submitted a patch to arm-linux-kernel switching that > > Wrong list to submit sych stuff, post to linux-ide. Not entirely. The patch (or other patches in the series) would also touch ARM platforms in the mainline, currently using that driver. As I didn't have a chance to test them due to lack of hardware, I posted on arm, asking if anyone would test those platforms for me. > > driver to using platform-device. I got a reply, that it's not worth it now > > that IDE is slowly becoming obsolete, and the pata_platform serves the > > perpose perfectly well. I found this argument reasonable, I had the same > > Ignore such replies in the future. ;-) It was largely in accordance with my own opinion, so, I chose to accept it:-) > > doubt, just wanted to double-check. So, why do we now need a new legacy > > (a/drivers/ide/legacy/ide_platform.c) driver when a "modern" driver exists? > > Good question (I know the answer but won't tell ;-). You've been very cooperative, thanks. Thanks Guennadi --- Guennadi Liakhovetski - 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
