From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Paul Mundt Subject: Re: [PATCH] Generic platform device IDE driver Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2006 05:05:01 +0900 Message-ID: <20061004200501.GB6664@localhost.Internal.Linux-SH.ORG> References: <20061004074535.GA7180@localhost.hsdv.com> <1159962084.25772.14.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from smtp.ocgnet.org ([64.20.243.3]:43169 "EHLO smtp.ocgnet.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1161206AbWJDMGk (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Oct 2006 08:06:40 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1159962084.25772.14.camel@localhost.localdomain> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Alan Cox Cc: B.Zolnierkiewicz@elka.pw.edu.pl, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, rmk@arm.linux.org.uk, gregkh@suse.de, ysato@users.sourceforge.jp On Wed, Oct 04, 2006 at 12:41:24PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > Ar Mer, 2006-10-04 am 16:45 +0900, ysgrifennodd Paul Mundt: > > This is intended purely for the simple NO_DMA ide_generic case.. nothing > > complicated. > > > > What do people think about this, is there a better way to do this? > > drivers/ide is going away over time. That was the impression I got. > I think the concept is nice and it's sort of reflected in the libata > VLB drivers. I think it would be a very good way to get good platform > drivers for libata for the embedded platforms. > Ok, I wasn't sure if libata was intended for anything outside of the SATA case (especially non-PCI), but if that's the way to go, I'll look at hacking something up under libata. > Moving the existing drivers/ide stuff to a new drivers/ide variant is > wasted work however. > That's what I figured, thanks for clearing it up.