From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: PATCH: IDE generic tweak
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 11:31:52 -0400
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To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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On Wed, Oct 13, 2004 at 03:24:48PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> This allows the user to force ide-generic to claim any remaining
> IDE_STORAGE_CLASS devices. It isnt a good default to turn on because of
> loadable driver modules and confusion with SATA however it is very
> useful faced with a mainboard device that isn't supported any other way.
> Note that the entry has to come last - if it looks OK I'll comment that
> a bit more and update the option docs.
> 
> Comments ?

nVidia and others have been pushing for a similar module for libata...
at least make sure one doesn't preclude the other.

	Jeff