Re: [PATCH] ide: falconide: convert to platform driver

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Hi Michael,

On Tue, Nov 5, 2019 at 7:31 PM Michael Schmitz <schmitzmic@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 5, 2019 at 9:11 PM Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Tue, Nov 5, 2019 at 7:38 AM Michael Schmitz <schmitzmic@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > With the introduction of a platform device for the Atari Falcon IDE
> > > interface, the old Falcon IDE driver no longer loads (resource already
> > > claimed by the platform device).
> > >
> > > Convert falconide driver to use the same platform device that is used
> > > by pata_falcon also.
> > >
> > > Tested (as built-in driver) on my Atari Falcon.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Michael Schmitz <schmitzmic@xxxxxxxxx>

> > > --- a/drivers/ide/falconide.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/ide/falconide.c

> > > @@ -23,6 +24,7 @@
> > >  #include <asm/ide.h>
> > >
> > >  #define DRV_NAME "falconide"
> > > +#define DRV_VERSION "0.1.0"
> >
> > Does anyone care about that version?
>
> Not likely.
>
> > Will it ever be updated?
>
> You ask me? You're still listed as driver author!

Yeah, I wrote a "it compiles, so it must work" driver in the IDE framework,
based on a driver in an even older framework. I never ran it on hardware ;-)

> > > @@ -169,10 +177,21 @@ static int __init falconide_init(void)
>
> Should I remove the __init here? Doesn't hurt in the built-in use
> case, what about use as a module?

Should be fine.

>
> > >  err_free:
> > >         ide_host_free(host);
> > >  err:
> > > -       release_mem_region(ATA_HD_BASE, 0x40);
> > > +       release_mem_region(res->start, resource_size(res));
> > >         return rc;
> > >  }
> > >
> > > -module_init(falconide_init);
> > > +static struct platform_driver ide_falcon_driver = {
> > > +       .driver   = {
> > > +               .name   = "atari-falcon-ide",
> > > +       },
> > > +};
> >
> > Missing .remove() callback.
>
> Can't easily test driver remove, but I can certainly add a callback for that.
>
> ide_unregister does the Right Thing (i.e. leaves the ST-DMA interrupt
> registered) so no reason why it shouldn't work.

gayle.c uses ide_host_remove().

> > > +
> > > +module_platform_driver_probe(ide_falcon_driver, falconide_init);
> > > +
> > >
> > > +MODULE_AUTHOR("Geert Uytterhoeven");
> > > +MODULE_DESCRIPTION("low-level driver for Atari Falcon IDE");
> > >  MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> > > +MODULE_ALIAS("platform:atari-falcon-ide");
> > > +MODULE_VERSION(DRV_VERSION);
> >
> > I'd drop the MODULE_VERSION().
>
> Done.
>
> Shall I merge this one with part one of the old series so there's no
> chance of a bisection going wrong?

Yes please.
Thanks!

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

-- 
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
                                -- Linus Torvalds



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