From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz Subject: Re: [PATCH v5] Resurrect IT8172 IDE controller driver Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2009 23:25:04 +0100 Message-ID: <200901022325.04782.bzolnier@gmail.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com ([72.14.220.155]:7099 "EHLO fg-out-1718.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753015AbZABWd4 (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Jan 2009 17:33:56 -0500 In-Reply-To: Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Shane McDonald Cc: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, sshtylyov@ru.mvista.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Friday 02 January 2009, Shane McDonald wrote: > Support for the IT8172 IDE controller was removed from the kernel > sometime after 2.6.18. Support for the only boards that used the IT8172 > was removed from the kernel after 2.6.18, as they had never compiled > since 2.6.0. However, there are a couple of platforms that use this > chip: the PMC-Sierra Xiao Hu thin-client computer, which is no longer > in production, and the Linksys NSS4000 Network Attached Storage box, > which is based on the Xiao Hu board. I am attempting to add support > for the Xiao Hu to the kernel, and this IT8172 IDE controller is the > first bit of code in this effort. > > This patch resurrects the IT8172 IDE controller code. I began with > the 2.6.18 version of the it8172.c file, and have moved it forward so > that it works with the latest version of the kernel. I have run this > driver on a PMC-Sierra Xiao Hu board with the 2.6.28 kernel, and > I have had no problems with it in my configuration. The attached patch > applies cleanly against 2.6.28. > > Signed-off-by: Shane McDonald > Acked-by: Sergei Shtylyov applied, thanks!