Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:59:41 +0000 | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 03/86] pata_artop: add 32-bit PIO support |
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On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:18:18 +0100 Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wednesday 25 November 2009 06:12:42 pm Alan Cox wrote: > > On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:02:39 +0100 > > Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com> > > > Subject: [PATCH] pata_artop: add 32-bit PIO support > > > > > > There shouldn't be any problems with it as IDE aec62xx host driver > > > has been allowing 32-bit PIO operations for years. > > > > Allowing or defaulting too ? > > For aec62xx: allowing, for some other drivers: defaulting ('using' > in the patch description instead of 'allowing'). However some > popular distributions have been defaulting to always enabling it > if was supported by the driver.
I wonder what their coverage of old devices is like though and what they enabled. No problem with those that defaulted, would be nice to get the rest tested more systematically
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