Re: [PATCH RFC] ata: Intel IDE-R support

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> > Sure - but if ata_generic is already compiled in or already loaded ?
> 
> Well, what if pata_acpi is already compiled in or already loaded?  Or

Yes I am aware that one also has problems but unlike IDER I don't see a
cure.

> what if ata_piix is already compiled in or already loaded but ahci is
> not for an ich6 controller?  We have priorities in the drivers, if the
> user/admin wants to use the lower priority ones that much, he/she
> shall.  This isn't an issue.  There's no way to hotplug intel IDEs
> anyway.

The PIIX4 in the IBM docking stations is hot plug - and its why I also
have to check 0x40 and write it if zero. So the case exists.

Alan
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