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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/2] [POWERPC] MPC8349E-mITX: use platform IDE driver for CF interface
Hello, I wrote:

>>>>> Also, what mmio-ide in the compat properly means in the context
>>>>>of ide_platform which is able to handle both port and memory mapped
>>>>>IDE.

>>>>I/O-space is only valid in the context of PCI, ISA, or similar buses,
>>>>and
>>>>the bus-specific reg format indicates whether it's mmio-space or
>>>>io-space.

>>> You could save time on lecturing me (and use it to look on the
>>>driver ;-).

>>Sorry, I misread the question as being a mismatch between the
>>capabilities of the device binding and the driver, not about the
>>specific compatible name.

> That too. :-)

>>Something like "generic-ide" would probably be better.

> I strongly disagree with "generic" part. The generic IDE could only be
> said of 1:1 I/O mapped IDE ports, not about this fancy mapping.

BTW, there's already something called drivers/ide/ide-generic.c... :-)

MBR, Sergei

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