From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alan Cox Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/18] ide: warm-plug support for IDE devices and other goodies Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:41:37 +0000 Message-ID: <20080212214137.47478e5e@core> References: <20080208004421.17746.32557.sendpatchset@localhost.localdomain> <1202460043.7079.157.camel@pasglop> <1202850247.7410.24.camel@pasglop> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from outpipe-village-512-1.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:44842 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751142AbYBLVtK (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:49:10 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1202850247.7410.24.camel@pasglop> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: benh@kernel.crashing.org Cc: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 08:04:07 +1100 Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > > On Fri, 2008-02-08 at 19:40 +1100, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > > On Fri, 2008-02-08 at 01:44 +0100, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > > > - couple of fixes and preparatory patches > > > > > > - rework of PowerMac media-bay support ([un]register IDE devices instead of > > > [un]registering IDE interface) [ it is the main reason for spamming PPC ML ] > > > > Interesting... I was thinking about doing a full remove of the device at > > a higher level instead but I suppose what you propose is easier. > > > > I'll have a look & test next week hopefully. > > Also, the above would have the advantage of not relying on drivers/ide > infrastructure, and thus working with libata (once somebody has ported > pmac ide to libata). Unfortunately you need a degree in dentistry to open a Macintosh up and fix it otherwise we would have support by now. Alan