From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: [git patches] libata updates Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 16:05:24 -0400 Message-ID: <46364C04.4050208@garzik.org> References: <20070429161542.GA12501@havoc.gtf.org> <46364901.4000907@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:42759 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1423613AbXD3UF1 (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Apr 2007 16:05:27 -0400 In-Reply-To: <46364901.4000907@redhat.com> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Chuck Ebbert Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, LKML Chuck Ebbert wrote: > Jeff Garzik wrote: >> Jeff Garzik (8): >> libata/IDE: remove combined mode quirk > > You can't just remove the "combined_mode=" kernel parameter or > every Linux user who uses that will get an unbootable kernel > with no good way of diagnosing the problem. It should still > be accepted and just print a warning. No, most modern distros will simply Just Work(tm) due to mount by label, udev, and similar gadgets. As long as you have at least one (if not both) ATA drivers, you have a kernel that will boot your hardware. And by definition those using combined_mode= do indeed have the necessary drivers. Jeff