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    Subject[RFC PATCH 00/19] ide: remove deprecated host drivers (part 1)
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    Hi,

    IDE subsystem has been deprecated since 2009 and the majority
    (if not all) of Linux distributions have switched to use
    libata for ATA support exclusively.

    This patchset removes IDE host drivers that:
    - have been replaced by their corresponding libata PATA host
    drivers (which have been available since 2006/2007)
    - are not used by any defconfig

    Having duplicated drivers for the same hardware doesn't seem
    to be good thing in the long-term perspective for Linux as
    - testing efforts are divided between two drivers/subsystems
    (while there is less and less PATA systems left in use)
    - having two drivers for the same hardware confuses users

    Please note that all the hardware supported by IDE host drivers
    nominated for removal remains supported by correspoding libata
    PATA host drivers.

    PS If this patchset is accepted I would like to continue
    removal of IDE host drivers in part 2 which will happen after
    remaining defconfigs which still are using IDE host drivers
    get converted to use corresponding libata PATA host drivers.

    Best regards,
    --
    Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
    Samsung R&D Institute Poland
    Samsung Electronics


    Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz (19):
    ide: remove deprecated atiixp host driver
    ide: remove deprecated cs5520 host driver
    ide: remove deprecated cs5530 host driver
    ide: remove deprecated cs5535 host driver
    ide: remove deprecated cs5536 host driver
    ide: remove deprecated sc1200 host driver
    ide: remove deprecated delkin_cb host driver
    ide: remove deprecated it8213 host driver
    ide: remove deprecated it821x host driver
    ide: remove deprecated jmicron host driver
    ide: remove deprecated opti621 host driver
    ide: remove deprecated pdc202xx_old host driver
    ide: remove deprecated rz1000 host driver
    ide: remove deprecated serverworks host driver
    ide: remove deprecated sis5513 host driver
    ide: remove deprecated slc90e66 host driver
    ide: remove deprecated triflex host driver
    ide: remove deprecated ide-pnp host driver
    ide: remove deprecated icside host driver

    drivers/ide/Kconfig | 200 +------------
    drivers/ide/Makefile | 19 --
    drivers/ide/atiixp.c | 211 -------------
    drivers/ide/cs5520.c | 168 -----------
    drivers/ide/cs5530.c | 295 -------------------
    drivers/ide/cs5535.c | 219 --------------
    drivers/ide/cs5536.c | 306 -------------------
    drivers/ide/delkin_cb.c | 181 ------------
    drivers/ide/icside.c | 691 -------------------------------------------
    drivers/ide/ide-pnp.c | 100 -------
    drivers/ide/it8213.c | 216 --------------
    drivers/ide/it821x.c | 715 ---------------------------------------------
    drivers/ide/jmicron.c | 176 -----------
    drivers/ide/opti621.c | 178 -----------
    drivers/ide/pdc202xx_old.c | 361 -----------------------
    drivers/ide/rz1000.c | 99 -------
    drivers/ide/sc1200.c | 355 ----------------------
    drivers/ide/serverworks.c | 449 ----------------------------
    drivers/ide/sis5513.c | 636 ----------------------------------------
    drivers/ide/slc90e66.c | 181 ------------
    drivers/ide/triflex.c | 155 ----------
    21 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 5909 deletions(-)
    delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/atiixp.c
    delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/cs5520.c
    delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/cs5530.c
    delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/cs5535.c
    delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/cs5536.c
    delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/delkin_cb.c
    delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/icside.c
    delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/ide-pnp.c
    delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/it8213.c
    delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/it821x.c
    delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/jmicron.c
    delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/opti621.c
    delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/pdc202xx_old.c
    delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/rz1000.c
    delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/sc1200.c
    delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/serverworks.c
    delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/sis5513.c
    delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/slc90e66.c
    delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/triflex.c

    --
    1.9.1

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