Re: [PATCH] IDE: don't offer IDE_GENERIC on ia64

Alan Cox
2005-08-16T12:55:58Z

On Maw, 2005-08-16 at 11:38 +0200, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> * removing IDE_ARCH_OBSOLETE_INIT define has some implications,
> * non-functional ide-cs driver (but there is no PCMCIA on IA64?)

IA64 systems can support PCI->Cardbus/PCMCIA cards so they do actually
need this support. They could also do with cardbus IDE support but that
means a whole pile of patches still although the refcounting stuff means
its a lot closer to doable now

> * ordering change for ide-pnp interfaces in case of no IDE devices
> on default IDE PCI ports, (but there aren't any ide-pnp devices on IA64?)

No ISAPnP