Messages in this thread | | | From | Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] remove dead drivers/ide/ppc/swarm.c | Date | Tue, 4 May 2004 14:28:50 +0200 |
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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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