From: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
To: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@samsung.com>
Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFT PATCH] mips: bigsur_defconfig: convert to use libata PATA drivers
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2015 16:23:12 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20151006142312.GA28984@linux-mips.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1442245918-27631-1-git-send-email-b.zolnierkie@samsung.com>
On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 05:51:42PM +0200, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> IDE subsystem has been deprecated since 2009 and the majority
> (if not all) of Linux distributions have switched to use
> libata for ATA support exclusively. However there are still
> some users (mostly old or/and embedded non-x86 systems) that
> have not converted from using IDE subsystem to libata PATA
> drivers. This doesn't seem to be good thing in the long-term
> for Linux as while there is less and less PATA systems left
> in use:
>
> * testing efforts are divided between two subsystems
>
> * having duplicate drivers for same hardware confuses users
>
> This patch converts bigsur_defconfig to use libata PATA
> drivers (tc86c001 IDE host driver has no corresponding libata
> driver yet so it is not converted).
>
> Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@samsung.com>
> ---
> Build tested only.
> If you have affected hardware please test. Thank you.
Nobody replied so I applied all 17 patches.
I've only too often updated the config I'm actually using to use libata
so thanks to doing this for all configs!
Ralf
prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-10-06 14:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-09-14 15:51 [RFT PATCH] mips: bigsur_defconfig: convert to use libata PATA drivers Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2015-09-14 15:51 ` [RFT PATCH] mips: capcella_defconfig: " Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2015-09-14 15:51 ` [RFT PATCH] mips: e55_defconfig: " Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2015-09-14 15:51 ` [RFT PATCH] mips: fuloong2e_defconfig: " Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2015-09-14 15:51 ` [RFT PATCH] mips: lasat_defconfig: " Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2015-09-14 15:51 ` [RFT PATCH] mips: lemote2f_defconfig: " Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2015-10-07 17:40 ` Aaro Koskinen
2015-09-14 15:51 ` [RFT PATCH] mips: malta_defconfig: " Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2015-09-14 15:51 ` [RFT PATCH] mips: malta_kvm_defconfig: " Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2015-09-14 15:51 ` [RFT PATCH] mips: malta_kvm_guest_defconfig: " Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2015-09-14 15:51 ` [RFT PATCH] mips: malta_qemu_32r6_defconfig: " Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2015-09-14 15:51 ` [RFT PATCH] mips: maltaaprp_defconfig: " Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2015-09-14 15:51 ` [RFT PATCH] mips: maltasmvp_eva_defconfig: " Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2015-09-14 15:51 ` [RFT PATCH] mips: maltaup_defconfig: " Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2015-09-14 15:51 ` [RFT PATCH] mips: maltaup_xpa_defconfig: " Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2015-09-14 15:51 ` [RFT PATCH] mips: mpc30x_defconfig: " Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2015-09-14 15:51 ` [PATCH] mips: sb1250_swarm_defconfig: disable IDE subsystem Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2015-11-09 14:33 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2015-11-09 14:49 ` Ralf Baechle
2015-11-09 16:18 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2015-11-09 17:33 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2015-11-09 18:54 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2015-11-09 19:08 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2015-09-14 15:51 ` [RFT PATCH] mips: workpad_defconfig: convert to use libata PATA drivers Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2017-03-08 16:04 ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2015-10-06 14:23 ` Ralf Baechle [this message]
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