Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 22 Feb 2002 15:06:48 -0500 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] 2.5.5-pre1 IDE cleanup 9 |
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Andre Hedrick wrote: > Also not that ATA/IDE drivers were not using 2.4 PCI API and likewise was > stable for a while.
Stable? Yes. But it's not modular nor compatible with current efforts like 2.4 cardbus or 2.4 hotplug pci or 2.5 device mode. If one cannot do modprobe piix4_ide and have the right things happen automatically, the system is not modular. If it doesn't use the PCI API, it's implementing CardBus support in a non-standard way if at all.
> > This is need for transparented support for cardbus and hotplug PCI, not > > This is HOST level operation not DEVICE, and you do not see the differenc.
I do. I am talking about a HOST api here.
> It is a shame that I will now have to start from scratch to create another > API for hotplug device for ATA/ATAPI that was migrating into SCSI because > of the ide-scsi driver.
Why not work with Patrick to make sure his device model properly supports disks?
Jeff
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