Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 25 Jul 2007 23:48:11 +0400 | From | Sergei Shtylyov <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/2] [IDE] Platform IDE driver (was: MMIO IDE driver) |
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Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote:
>>This is now very similar to pata_platform.c, they both use >>same platform data structure and same resources.
>>To achieve that, byte_lanes_swapping platform data variable >>and platform specified iops removed from that driver. It's fine, >>since those were never used anyway.
>>pata_platform and ide_platform are carrying same driver names, >>to easily switch between these drivers, without need to touch >>platform code.
> Why? There's a drivers/ide/arm/ide_arm.c IDe driver that some platforms > (not in the mainline) hack to access, e.g., CF cards in true-IDE mode. > About a month ago I submitted a patch to arm-linux-kernel switching that
Wrong list to submit sych stuff, post to linux-ide.
> driver to using platform-device. I got a reply, that it's not worth it now > that IDE is slowly becoming obsolete, and the pata_platform serves the > perpose perfectly well. I found this argument reasonable, I had the same
Ignore such replies in the future. ;-)
> doubt, just wanted to double-check. So, why do we now need a new legacy > (a/drivers/ide/legacy/ide_platform.c) driver when a "modern" driver > exists?
Good question (I know the answer but won't tell ;-).
> Thanks > Guennadi
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