From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Robert P. J. Day" Subject: is there a value to CONFIG_NO_ATA_LEGACY? Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 14:44:16 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Return-path: Received: from astoria.ccjclearline.com ([64.235.106.9]:39481 "EHLO astoria.ccjclearline.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752646AbYBJToZ (ORCPT ); Sun, 10 Feb 2008 14:44:25 -0500 Received: from cpe00142a336e11-cm001ac318e826.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com ([99.235.212.34] helo=crashcourse.ca) by astoria.ccjclearline.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1JOI6A-0005nw-WE for linux-ide@vger.kernel.org; Sun, 10 Feb 2008 14:44:23 -0500 Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org in drivers/ata/libata-sff.c: ... #if defined(CONFIG_NO_ATA_LEGACY) /* Some platforms with PCI limits cannot address compat port space. In that case we punt if their firmware has left a device in compatibility mode */ if (legacy_mode) { printk(KERN_ERR "ata: Compatibility mode ATA is not supported on this platform, skipping.\n"); return -EOPNOTSUPP; } #endif ... there is no Kconfig file that defines that variable -- should that test be removed? or is something eventually coming that defines it? rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA Home page: http://crashcourse.ca Fedora Cookbook: http://crashcourse.ca/wiki/index.php/Fedora_Cookbook ========================================================================