From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tejun Heo Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] pata_hpt366: fix mode configuration Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:00:22 +0900 Message-ID: <493F6906.9010407@kernel.org> References: <493CC897.9080406@kernel.org> <493CF9A8.301@ru.mvista.com> <493ECB6C.3040304@rtr.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from hera.kernel.org ([140.211.167.34]:36859 "EHLO hera.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751820AbYLJHAu (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Dec 2008 02:00:50 -0500 In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Rob OpenSuSE Cc: Mark Lord , Sergei Shtylyov , Jeff Garzik , IDE/ATA development list , Alan Cox Rob OpenSuSE wrote: > 2008/12/9 Mark Lord : >> Rob OpenSuSE wrote: >> There are tons of PCI add-on cards still out there with these chips, >> and they will continue to work fine so long as PCI slots >> and PATA drives exist. So we may as well ensure Linux does the Right Things (tm). > > Yes, my point was in support of pragmatism; so that new kernel builds > and distro installs can have a chance to succeed in boxes with these > cards used, without opening case, reconfiguring, and finding special > boot paramters. Those cards need working code now, not next year. So > "The Right Thing (tm)" would be bad, if it caused perfectly capable > kit to be non-functioning, whilst perfection is under discussion and > development. I already pushed those patches into openSUSE and in one form or another it will make into upstream and other distros, so no worries. >> Nice work, Tejun! > > Seconded! If you are the Mark who sent the card, thanks to you to > from me to. Yeap, he's the Mark who sends me old and weird hardwares from time to time. :-) Thanks. -- tejun