From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from gate.crashing.org (gate.crashing.org [63.228.1.57]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6854BDDFA5 for ; Wed, 13 Feb 2008 08:04:27 +1100 (EST) Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/18] ide: warm-plug support for IDE devices and other goodies From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt To: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz In-Reply-To: <1202460043.7079.157.camel@pasglop> References: <20080208004421.17746.32557.sendpatchset@localhost.localdomain> <1202460043.7079.157.camel@pasglop> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 08:04:07 +1100 Message-Id: <1202850247.7410.24.camel@pasglop> Mime-Version: 1.0 Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org Reply-To: benh@kernel.crashing.org List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Fri, 2008-02-08 at 19:40 +1100, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > On Fri, 2008-02-08 at 01:44 +0100, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > > - couple of fixes and preparatory patches > > > > - rework of PowerMac media-bay support ([un]register IDE devices instead of > > [un]registering IDE interface) [ it is the main reason for spamming PPC ML ] > > Interesting... I was thinking about doing a full remove of the device at > a higher level instead but I suppose what you propose is easier. > > I'll have a look & test next week hopefully. Also, the above would have the advantage of not relying on drivers/ide infrastructure, and thus working with libata (once somebody has ported pmac ide to libata). Ben.