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From: Dick Hollenbeck <dick@softplc.com>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: New true IDE compact flash driver starting point?
Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2009 09:26:07 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <49661B0F.6030206@softplc.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200901081318.44188.arnd@arndb.de>

Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Thursday 08 January 2009, Dick Hollenbeck wrote:
>   
>> On a new ARM9 board with memory mapped interface to a compact flash 
>> socket, I need to implement an IDE or ATA driver that will support TRUE 
>> IDE mode.
>>
>> Am using kernel version 2.6.26
>>
>> What is the best starting point, i.e. example driver in the tree?
>>     
>
> You should not need to write a new driver, but rather use the existing
> drivers/ata/pata_platform.c driver by registering the MMIO registers
> and IRQ number as a platform device.
>
> 	Arnd <><
>   
Thank you Arnd!

Is there some example code in the tree to do this?

I've done something similar to this for 8250 serial ports, but I am 
having a difficult time finding out how to do this with pata_platform.c

Thanks,

Dick Hollenbeck



  reply	other threads:[~2009-01-08 15:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-01-08  6:33 New true IDE compact flash driver starting point? Dick Hollenbeck
2009-01-08 12:18 ` Arnd Bergmann
2009-01-08 15:26   ` Dick Hollenbeck [this message]
2009-01-09 16:33     ` Arnd Bergmann
2009-01-09 18:29       ` Dick Hollenbeck
2009-01-09 18:29         ` Alan Cox
2009-01-09 18:35 ` David Daney

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