Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Thu, 21 Oct 2004 23:51:54 +0200 | | From | Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <> | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2.4.28-pre4-bk6] delkin_cb: new driver for Cardbus IDE CF adaptor |
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On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 16:59:23 -0400, Mark Lord <lkml@rtr.ca> wrote: > Hi Bartlomiej! > > Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > > > > Just port it to 2.6.x... > > From my current negative experiences with 2.6.xx, I'll pass. > That kernel breaks suspend/resume on my notebooks, > and is a dog for disk performance. Still, I'd happily
bug reports / patches are the way to go
> port this new driver to it if there was a hope in hell > that the effort wouldn't be a total waste of my time.
2.4.x is a total waste of my time 8)
> > ide_unregister() is disallowed, unless IDE locking is fixed > > That just happens to be the existing interface used by the existing > PCMCIA layer. The new delkin_cb driver simply does exactly the > same calls to link in/out of the kernel as ide-cs does today.
"other drivers use it so it must be OK", no it is not it was discussed few times already...
> I suppose that means we should remove ide-cs as well.
Not adding new users is sufficient for now.
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