Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:41:37 +0000 | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 00/18] ide: warm-plug support for IDE devices and other goodies |
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On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 08:04:07 +1100 Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> wrote:
> > On Fri, 2008-02-08 at 19:40 +1100, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > > On Fri, 2008-02-08 at 01:44 +0100, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > > > - couple of fixes and preparatory patches > > > > > > - rework of PowerMac media-bay support ([un]register IDE devices instead of > > > [un]registering IDE interface) [ it is the main reason for spamming PPC ML ] > > > > Interesting... I was thinking about doing a full remove of the device at > > a higher level instead but I suppose what you propose is easier. > > > > I'll have a look & test next week hopefully. > > Also, the above would have the advantage of not relying on drivers/ide > infrastructure, and thus working with libata (once somebody has ported > pmac ide to libata).
Unfortunately you need a degree in dentistry to open a Macintosh up and fix it otherwise we would have support by now.
Alan
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