From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alan Cox Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 21:48:43 +0000 Subject: Re: [PATCH] IDE: don't offer IDE_GENERIC on ia64 Message-Id: <1124228924.22924.8.camel@localhost.localdomain> List-Id: References: <200508111424.43150.bjorn.helgaas@hp.com> <200508151507.22776.bjorn.helgaas@hp.com> <58cb370e050816023845b57a74@mail.gmail.com> <200508161316.32602.bjorn.helgaas@hp.com> <1124223946.22924.4.camel@localhost.localdomain> <58cb370e050816134270b445ea@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <58cb370e050816134270b445ea@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz Cc: Bjorn Helgaas , B.Zolnierkiewicz@elka.pw.edu.pl, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org On Maw, 2005-08-16 at 22:42 +0200, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > IMO this is much better solution as: > * you go from working code into small steps (evolution) If there was working code to go from maybe. The IDE core code is far too broken for that to be the case. The drivers are different matter although the driver API is fundamentally flawed because it handles speed changing in a synchronous manner. > * it shouldn't be that hard - I have many parts of the stuff > done (they need some polishing) Fair enough. Be good to see the core IDE get better whichever path