From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] drivers: ide: Include appropriate header file in ide-cd_verbose.c Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2013 14:23:52 +0100 Message-ID: <1930396.DGXdd6ZaUD@amdc1032> References: <52B0A93E.7090503@cogentembedded.com> <20131217190610.GJ30592@pd.tnic> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Return-path: Received: from mailout4.samsung.com ([203.254.224.34]:50744 "EHLO mailout4.samsung.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752165Ab3LRNYL (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Dec 2013 08:24:11 -0500 In-reply-to: <20131217190610.GJ30592@pd.tnic> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Borislav Petkov Cc: Sergei Shtylyov , Josh Triplett , Rashika Kheria , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "David S. Miller" , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Hi, On Tuesday, December 17, 2013 08:06:10 PM Borislav Petkov wrote: > On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 10:42:54PM +0300, Sergei Shtylyov wrote: > > You're right in your doubting: there are quite a lot of drivers used > > by embedded platforms that nobody has bothered to convert to libata > > thus far. > > Hold on, what does that mean? IDE is back from the dead and used only > for embedded stuff? No, it means that there are legacy PATA chipsets (some used by embedded platforms) that are only supported by IDE host drivers. > Or we force people to convert drivers to libata by *deleting* ide? > > :-) If there is a need I should be able to help in converting these leftover drivers before we delete IDE. Once I find some time I will go over all IDE host drivers, make a list of affected hardware and start a discussion on IDE removal. Best regards, -- Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz Samsung R&D Institute Poland Samsung Electronics