From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Felix Miata Subject: Re: Kernel Summit request for Discussion of future of ATA (libata) and IDE Date: Sun, 03 Aug 2008 15:46:48 -0400 Message-ID: <48960B28.2040709@ij.net> References: <1217779055.4179.10.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20080803173941.314edf33@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <1217783433.4179.18.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20080803194501.24fa3e51@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from fall-curlleaf.atl.sa.earthlink.net ([207.69.195.105]:40555 "EHLO fall-curlleaf.atl.sa.earthlink.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754705AbYHCT5j (ORCPT ); Sun, 3 Aug 2008 15:57:39 -0400 Received: from pop-savannah.atl.sa.earthlink.net ([207.69.195.69]) by fall-curlleaf.atl.sa.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1KPjhu-00070W-IV for linux-ide@vger.kernel.org; Sun, 03 Aug 2008 15:57:34 -0400 Received: from user-142grnk.cable.mindspring.com ([72.40.110.244] helo=[192.168.0.51]) by pop-savannah.atl.sa.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 1KPjWz-0001r7-00 for linux-ide@vger.kernel.org; Sun, 03 Aug 2008 15:46:18 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20080803194501.24fa3e51@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org On 2008/08/03 19:45 (GMT-0100) Alan Cox apparently typed: > ...Right now we have platforms that need old IDE and it is still > proving very useful to be able to ask people to try both. I don't quite > know why Bart is putting so much effort into polishing up the old IDE... Maybe he's one of few who understand that there is no upgrade path to some when libata displaces ide. More than half my dozens of / partitions live above #15, and none of the distros I'm aware of have presented any other upgrade option but to stick with ide. -- "Love is not easily angered. Love does not demand its own way." 1 Corinthians 13:5 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/