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From: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Generic platform device IDE driver
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2006 05:02:14 +0900
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On Wed, Oct 04, 2006 at 08:30:36PM +0900, girish wrote:
> question:  where is linux/ide-platform.h header?
> 
answer: there isn't one, as it's not needed. The reason for using
platform devices is so we get _away_ from this ridiculous static set of
definitions for I/O addresses and IRQs that are sprinkled around a lot
of these drivers.