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From: linas@austin.ibm.com (Linas Vepstas)
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] [ide] mmio ide support
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 13:49:36 -0500
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On Sun, Jul 08, 2007 at 03:15:41PM +0200, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> 
> > on the argument that drivers/ide/ is going away soon. Most
> > current distros have already moved over to using libata
> > exclusively.
> 
> The in-kernel default for PATA systems is still IDE subsystem.

In part because libata still does not yet work correctly 
for at least some (older) ide chipsets (like mine).

--linas