Hi, On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 05:51:47PM +0200, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > IDE subsystem has been deprecated since 2009 and the majority > (if not all) of Linux distributions have switched to use > libata for ATA support exclusively. However there are still > some users (mostly old or/and embedded non-x86 systems) that > have not converted from using IDE subsystem to libata PATA > drivers. This doesn't seem to be good thing in the long-term > for Linux as while there is less and less PATA systems left > in use: > > * testing efforts are divided between two subsystems > > * having duplicate drivers for same hardware confuses users > > This patch converts lemote2f_defconfig to use libata PATA > drivers. > > PS This platform uses CS5536 chipset which (due to historical > reasons) has basic support in AMD/nVidia PATA host driver and > full support in a newer CS5536 PATA one (pata_cs5536). Thus > most likely this platform should switch to using the latter > host driver. > > Cc: Huacai Chen <chenhc@xxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@xxxxxxxxxxx> Maybe too late but: Tested-by: Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen@xxxxxx> I also tested PATA_CS5536 and that works too, but it gives a slightly slower disk (27MB/s vs 33MB/s)... A. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
