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From: Sergei Shtylyov <sshtylyov@ru.mvista.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] at91_ide driver
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:05:34 +0300
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To: Haavard Skinnemoen <haavard.skinnemoen@atmel.com>
Cc: Stanislaw Gruszka <stf_xl@wp.pl>, Andrew Victor <linux@maxim.org.za>, Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@atmel.com>, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org

Hello.

Haavard Skinnemoen wrote:

>>* Why not platform driver
>>Generic pata/ide_platform driver will not work with AT91 as we need to 
>>do special things before access Task File and Data Register (functions 
>>set_8bit_mode() and set_16bit_mode()). Also extra things needs to be
>>done when changing PIO mode.

> Why not use libata?

    Why libata? You absolutely need the larger code footprint with the added 
"bonus" of SCSI disk emulation? :-)

> There's already a pata_at32 driver there which
> should be usable on at91 with perhaps a few minor changes.

    Well, if there's already close driver, it changes the matter...

MBR, Sergei