From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alan Cox Subject: Re: [PATCH] IDE: don't offer IDE_GENERIC on ia64 Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 22:48:43 +0100 Message-ID: <1124228924.22924.8.camel@localhost.localdomain> 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> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from clock-tower.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:1732 "EHLO localhost.localdomain") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932725AbVHPVVk (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Aug 2005 17:21:40 -0400 In-Reply-To: <58cb370e050816134270b445ea@mail.gmail.com> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org 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