Hi, 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. This patchset removes IDE host drivers that: - have been replaced by their corresponding libata PATA host drivers (which have been available since 2006/2007) - are not used by any defconfig Having duplicated drivers for the same hardware doesn't seem to be good thing in the long-term perspective for Linux as - testing efforts are divided between two drivers/subsystems (while there is less and less PATA systems left in use) - having two drivers for the same hardware confuses users Please note that all the hardware supported by IDE host drivers nominated for removal remains supported by correspoding libata PATA host drivers. PS If this patchset is accepted I would like to continue removal of IDE host drivers in part 2 which will happen after remaining defconfigs which still are using IDE host drivers get converted to use corresponding libata PATA host drivers. Best regards, -- Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz Samsung R&D Institute Poland Samsung Electronics Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz (19): ide: remove deprecated atiixp host driver ide: remove deprecated cs5520 host driver ide: remove deprecated cs5530 host driver ide: remove deprecated cs5535 host driver ide: remove deprecated cs5536 host driver ide: remove deprecated sc1200 host driver ide: remove deprecated delkin_cb host driver ide: remove deprecated it8213 host driver ide: remove deprecated it821x host driver ide: remove deprecated jmicron host driver ide: remove deprecated opti621 host driver ide: remove deprecated pdc202xx_old host driver ide: remove deprecated rz1000 host driver ide: remove deprecated serverworks host driver ide: remove deprecated sis5513 host driver ide: remove deprecated slc90e66 host driver ide: remove deprecated triflex host driver ide: remove deprecated ide-pnp host driver ide: remove deprecated icside host driver drivers/ide/Kconfig | 200 +------------ drivers/ide/Makefile | 19 -- drivers/ide/atiixp.c | 211 ------------- drivers/ide/cs5520.c | 168 ----------- drivers/ide/cs5530.c | 295 ------------------- drivers/ide/cs5535.c | 219 -------------- drivers/ide/cs5536.c | 306 ------------------- drivers/ide/delkin_cb.c | 181 ------------ drivers/ide/icside.c | 691 ------------------------------------------- drivers/ide/ide-pnp.c | 100 ------- drivers/ide/it8213.c | 216 -------------- drivers/ide/it821x.c | 715 --------------------------------------------- drivers/ide/jmicron.c | 176 ----------- drivers/ide/opti621.c | 178 ----------- drivers/ide/pdc202xx_old.c | 361 ----------------------- drivers/ide/rz1000.c | 99 ------- drivers/ide/sc1200.c | 355 ---------------------- drivers/ide/serverworks.c | 449 ---------------------------- drivers/ide/sis5513.c | 636 ---------------------------------------- drivers/ide/slc90e66.c | 181 ------------ drivers/ide/triflex.c | 155 ---------- 21 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 5909 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/atiixp.c delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/cs5520.c delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/cs5530.c delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/cs5535.c delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/cs5536.c delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/delkin_cb.c delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/icside.c delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/ide-pnp.c delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/it8213.c delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/it821x.c delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/jmicron.c delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/opti621.c delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/pdc202xx_old.c delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/rz1000.c delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/sc1200.c delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/serverworks.c delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/sis5513.c delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/slc90e66.c delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/triflex.c -- 1.9.1 -- 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
