Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 26 Apr 2004 17:23:45 +0200 | From | Erik Mouw <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] prevent module unloading for legacy IDE chipset drivers |
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On Mon, Apr 26, 2004 at 04:50:40PM +0200, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > BTW I think there is a common misunderstanding about libata: > it will not replace IDE drivers any time soon. > > I want to rewrite+merge current IDE code with libata during 2.7 > (and yes, legacy naming and ordering will be preserved!). > > I hope nobody starts rewriting existing IDE drivers for libata and pushing > them upstream -> it will mean maintenance problems much bigger than OSS+ALSA.
I don't think it's bad to have two drivers for the same hardware. We've seen that with the USB UHCI host controller, RTL 8139, Intel e100, Adaptec aic7xxx, NCR/Symbios sym53c8x. Having two drivers makes it easy for people to switch. The difference with OSS+ALSA is that the drivers I just mentioned have been "developed" in the tree, while ALSA was developed outside the tree.
> However writing _new_ libata driver for 'exotic' PATA hardware is OK.
Is AMD 760/762 (amd74xx driver) considered "exotic"? ;-)
Erik
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