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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2.4.28-pre4-bk6] delkin_cb: new driver for Cardbus IDE CF adaptor
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.

Cheers,
Bartlomiej
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