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    SubjectRe: Free Linux Driver Development!
    Matthieu CASTET wrote:
    > Jeff Garzik <jeff <at> garzik.org> writes:
    >
    >>> And I seem to recall there's more SATA chipset documentation than Jeff
    >>> Garzik has time to implement support for.
    >> I seriously doubt you can come up with even a single concrete example here.
    >>
    >> Regardless, libata has 55+ drivers and counting, all for the price of
    >> documentation and hardware. Another quite strong counter example.
    >>
    > On another side, some PATA drivers are incomplete or missing.

    Which ones are incomplete?

    I know a few non-x86 drivers are missing.


    > When we switch to PATA and drop old ide stack, what will happen ?
    > Will all driver be ported and full-feature, or some will be obsoleted ?

    All drivers for which we can find users will be ported. If any features
    disappear that's a bug.

    Jeff



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