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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next prev parent 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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