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From: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de>
To: Finn Thain <fthain@fastmail.com.au>
Cc: Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au>,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>,
	Michael Schmitz <schmitzmic@gmail.com>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>,
	Joshua Thompson <funaho@jurai.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	linux-m68k@lists.linux-m68k.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-ide@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] m68k/mac: Replace macide driver with generic platform driver
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2021 09:48:34 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <aa712e6d-e69d-8a24-252a-7951161e74c6@physik.fu-berlin.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <10a08764-c138-9fe5-966c-ce68349b9b6@nippy.intranet>

On 4/26/21 9:37 AM, Finn Thain wrote:> If you enable CONFIG_IDE and CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PLATFORM, Quadras and 
> Powerbooks will use the kernel/drivers/ide/ide_platform.ko module.
> 
> If you enable CONFIG_ATA and CONFIG_PATA_PLATFORM, Quadras and
> Powerbooks will use the kernel/drivers/ata/pata_platform.ko module.
> 
> (If you enable all of the above, you may need to use a blacklist to ensure 
> that the preferred driver module gets loaded.)
> 
> Was macide the only IDE driver in Debian/m68k kernels without a libata 
> alternative? If so, this patch would allow you to finally drop CONFIG_IDE.

That's great to hear. It means that systems using the Mac IDE drivers will
survive the legacy IDE removal if it ever comes.

So, thanks a lot for addressing this!

Adrian

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  reply	other threads:[~2021-04-26  7:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-04-25  9:06 [PATCH] m68k/mac: Replace macide driver with generic platform driver Finn Thain
2021-04-25 10:25 ` John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
2021-04-26  7:37   ` Finn Thain
2021-04-26  7:48     ` John Paul Adrian Glaubitz [this message]
2021-04-27  1:51     ` Michael Schmitz
2021-04-27  3:47       ` Finn Thain
2021-04-27 19:54         ` Michael Schmitz
2021-04-28  6:53           ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2021-04-27  8:11       ` Sergei Shtylyov
2021-04-27  8:36         ` John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
2021-04-27 19:29         ` Michael Schmitz
2021-04-25 22:24 ` Michael Schmitz
2021-04-26  7:35   ` Finn Thain

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