Re: [PATCH 2/3] ide: add at91_ide driver

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hi,

>>>>> AT91SAM9.
>
>>>> Ok, currently only SAM9 can be used with driver. However I think adding
>>>> support to AT91RM9200 to this driver will be not much effort.
>
>>>   Can you answer the simple question: why we should try to support two
>>> incompatible chips with a single driver? Because the driver name will be
>>> shorter? :-)
>
>> Very funny. I think patch adding RM9200 support to this driver will have
>> less
>> than 50 lines changeset,  whereas writing new driver would be about 500
>> lines.
>
>   This approach is so broken-minded that I'm just out words to argue any
> more.

This driver should also work on the Atmel AT91CAP9 and AT572D940HF processors.
So I see no valid reason why the driver cannot be called at91_ide.


Regards,
  Andrew Victor
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