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SubjectRe: [PATCH] remove dead drivers/ide/ppc/swarm.c
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Hi Ralf,

On Tuesday 04 of May 2004 13:19, Ralf Baechle wrote:
> On Tue, May 04, 2004 at 01:34:22AM +0200, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> > This driver was merged in 2.5.32 but depends on <asm/sibyte/swarm_ide.h>
> > which hasn't been merged in 2.5. Additionally it is a MIPS specific
> > driver so it should be in drivers/ide/mips/ if somebody ever decides to
> > re-add it.
>
> No. I've already sent a proper patch instead of just a chainsaw massacre
> to akpm.

It is not integrated into -mm (2.6.6-rc3-mm1) yet so I couldn't see it.
[ Please cc: me on IDE patches. ]

If it looks the same as in linux-mips CVS it won't work because I've killed
ide_init_default_hwifs() recently (except ARM but patch is pending).

Sorry, this is what you get when using hacks. 8)

While at swarm.c ...

> * Boards with SiByte processors so far have supported IDE devices via
> * the Generic Bus, PCI bus, and built-in PCMCIA interface. In all
> * cases, byte-swapping must be avoided for these devices (whereas
> * other PCI devices, for example, will require swapping).

Why does byte-swapping must be avoided for PCI IDE
but not for other PCI devices?

Cheers,
Bartlomiej

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