With libata's pata-platform support being merged, look at removing
the old bast-ide driver as this can now be done by registering a
pair of platform devices in the relevant machine support file.
As an addition, introduct HAVE_PATA_PLATFORM to allow any platform
or machine that uses this support to define their use of this
without having to explicitly enable CONFIG_EMBEDDED or add numerous
enabling statements into drivers/ata/Kconfig.
For an example, this is the update that will happen to the relevant
Kconfig for the "Simtec Anubis" machine:
--- linux-2.6.26-rc3-quilt1.orig/arch/arm/mach-s3c2440/Kconfig
+++ linux-2.6.26-rc3-quilt1/arch/arm/mach-s3c2440/Kconfig
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ config MACH_ANUBIS
bool "Simtec Electronics ANUBIS"
select CPU_S3C2440
select PM_SIMTEC if PM
+ select HAVE_PATA_PLATFORM
help
Say Y here if you are using the Simtec Electronics ANUBIS
development system
These two patches do not update the PATA_PLATFORM to remove the
current 'depends on' lines as these require syncronisation with
the relevant maintainers, so I propose these be submitted once
the HAVE_PATA_PLATFORM is merged. This means the sequence is
merge the HAVE_PATA_PLATFORM Kconfig changes, then send the
updates to use it to each maintainer. Onces these are merged
it is then possible to remove the other 'depends on' items from
the Kconfig without damaging architecture or machine support.
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Ben (ben@xxxxxxxxx, http://www.fluff.org/)
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