Re: [RFC][PATCH] at91_ide driver

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Stanislaw Gruszka wrote:
> Some issues with driver:
> 
> * Why not platform driver
> Generic pata/ide_platform driver will not work with AT91 as we need to 
> do special things before access Task File and Data Register (functions 
> set_8bit_mode() and set_16bit_mode()). Also extra things needs to be
> done when changing PIO mode.

Why not use libata? There's already a pata_at32 driver there which
should be usable on at91 with perhaps a few minor changes.

> * Maintenance
> After inclusion, when I finish the driver, I hope someone from Atmel: 
> Nicolas or Haavard could take maintenance of it.

I'm not really involved with AT91 in any way except that I want to
share as many drivers as possible between AT91 and AVR32. So I don't
think I can take responsibility for an AT91-only driver.

Haavard
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