Re: [RFT PATCH] ia64: zx1_defconfig: convert to use libata PATA drivers

Émeric MASCHINO
2015-08-17T19:27:23Z

Hi,

I'm running kernels configured that way (i.e. using libata PATA
drivers) for years on my hp workstation zx6000 (zx1 chipset) without
apparent problems.

Cheers,

Ã‰meric

2015-08-17 17:46 GMT+02:00 Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@samsung.com>:
> IDE subsystem has been deprecated since 2009 and the majority
> (if not all) of Linux distributions have switched to use
> libata for ATA support exclusively. However there are still
> some users (mostly old or/and embedded non-x86 systems) that
> have not converted from using IDE subsystem to libata PATA
> drivers. This doesn't seem to be good thing in the long-term
> for Linux as while there is less and less PATA systems left
> in use:
>
> * testing efforts are divided between two subsystems
>
> * having duplicate drivers for same hardware confuses users
>
> This patch converts zx1_defconfig to use libata PATA
> drivers.
>
> Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@samsung.com>
> ---
> Build tested only.
> If you have affected hardware please test. Thank you.
>
> arch/ia64/configs/zx1_defconfig | 8 +++-----
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/ia64/configs/zx1_defconfig b/arch/ia64/configs/zx1_defconfig
> index b504c8e..1ecda7e 100644
> --- a/arch/ia64/configs/zx1_defconfig
> +++ b/arch/ia64/configs/zx1_defconfig
> @@ -27,11 +27,6 @@ CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST=y
> CONFIG_NETFILTER=y
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=y
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM=y
> -CONFIG_IDE=y
> -CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD=y
> -CONFIG_BLK_DEV_GENERIC=y
> -CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD64X=y
> -CONFIG_SCSI=y
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y
> CONFIG_CHR_DEV_ST=y
> CONFIG_CHR_DEV_OSST=y
> @@ -43,6 +38,9 @@ CONFIG_SCSI_LOGGING=y
> CONFIG_SCSI_FC_ATTRS=y
> CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_2=y
> CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_1280=y
> +CONFIG_ATA=y
> +CONFIG_PATA_CMD64X=y
> +CONFIG_ATA_GENERIC=y
> CONFIG_FUSION=y
> CONFIG_FUSION_SPI=y
> CONFIG_FUSION_FC=y
> --
> 1.9.1
>
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