From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: linux-2.4.28 released Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 09:42:12 -0500 Message-ID: <419E0644.909@pobox.com> References: <20041118111235.GA26216@logos.cnet> <20041119134832.GA9552@havoc.gtf.org> <20041119135452.GA10422@devserv.devel.redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:21947 "EHLO www.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261433AbUKSOm2 (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 Nov 2004 09:42:28 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20041119135452.GA10422@devserv.devel.redhat.com> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Alan Cox Cc: Marcelo Tosatti , "Tomita, Haruo" , Marcelo Tosatti , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Alan Cox wrote: > On Fri, Nov 19, 2004 at 08:48:32AM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote: > >>PATA and SATA (DMA doesn't work for PATA, in split-driver configuration), >>and there is no split-driver to worry about. >> >>I think there may need to be some code to prevent the IDE driver from >>claiming the legacy ISA ports. > > > Its called "request_resource". If you want the resource claim it. IDE will > be a good citizen. That's what the quirk does. libata still needs to find out who obtained the resource, not blindly grab it (and fail). Jeff