Messages in this thread | | | From | Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <> | Subject | Re: [patch] ide.c as a module | Date | Fri, 19 Dec 2003 21:10:19 +0100 |
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On Friday 19 of December 2003 18:05, Randy.Dunlap wrote: > On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 17:26:46 +0100 Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <B.Zolnierkiewicz@elka.pw.edu.pl> wrote: > | On Thursday 18 of December 2003 01:29, Krzysztof Halasa wrote: > | > BTW: modular IDE in 2.4.23 is still problematic - you can't unload the > | > chipset driver (piix.o or something like) which in turn references the > | > core IDE module. > | > | It is probably too much work to fix it (properly) in 2.4.x and 2.6.x... > | > | Please note that there is no refcounting in IDE drivers, > | there is no host object type, also table of IDE ports (ide_hwifs[]) is > | static. > | > | I hope 2.7 will obsolete drivers/ide... > > in favor of libata or what?
yes, in favor of libata, but don't tell jeff ;-).
--bart
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