Re: [PATCH 2/2] TXx9: Add TX4939 ATA support (v2)

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On Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:16:02 +0900 (JST)
Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:01:57 +0400, Sergei Shtylyov <sshtylyov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >>  BTW, how about supporting IDE aboard RBTX4938, not worth the trouble?
> > 
> > > Yes, next plan.  It should be much simpler than the tx4939ide driver.
> > 
> >     I suspect {ide|pata}_platform could be able to cover it... though I got 
> > muddled in the timing diagrams for the TX4938 external bus...
> 
> We need .set_pio_mode routine to get best PIO speed, but current
> {ide|pata}_platform driver does not provide a hook for it (please
> correct me if I was wrong).  So current code I have does not use
> ide_platform...

You are correct. The platform driver is intended to be totally dumb. It's
not clear at what point having a specific driver is more sensible as a
libata driver is tiny anyway (especially with tejuns inherited ops stuff)
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