From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.3 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 314C7C433E0 for ; Thu, 18 Mar 2021 06:08:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lists.ozlabs.org (lists.ozlabs.org [112.213.38.117]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id ED45064F10 for ; Thu, 18 Mar 2021 06:08:08 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org ED45064F10 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=lst.de Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=linuxppc-dev-bounces+linuxppc-dev=archiver.kernel.org@lists.ozlabs.org Received: from boromir.ozlabs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F1Gm66kzSz30RR for ; Thu, 18 Mar 2021 17:08:06 +1100 (AEDT) Authentication-Results: lists.ozlabs.org; spf=none (no SPF record) smtp.mailfrom=lst.de (client-ip=213.95.11.211; helo=verein.lst.de; envelope-from=hch@lst.de; receiver=) Received: from verein.lst.de (verein.lst.de [213.95.11.211]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4F1GlS5hBpz3bpT for ; Thu, 18 Mar 2021 17:07:31 +1100 (AEDT) Received: by verein.lst.de (Postfix, from userid 2407) id 5735768C4E; Thu, 18 Mar 2021 07:07:25 +0100 (CET) Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2021 07:07:24 +0100 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Al Viro Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/10] alpha: use libata instead of the legacy ide driver Message-ID: <20210318060724.GA29117@lst.de> References: <20210318045706.200458-1-hch@lst.de> <20210318045706.200458-2-hch@lst.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) X-BeenThere: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: Jens Axboe , Thomas Bogendoerfer , linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, Russell King , "David S. Miller" , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, linux-m68k@lists.linux-m68k.org, Ivan Kokshaysky , linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org, Geert Uytterhoeven , Matt Turner , linux-mips@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, Christoph Hellwig , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Richard Henderson Errors-To: linuxppc-dev-bounces+linuxppc-dev=archiver.kernel.org@lists.ozlabs.org Sender: "Linuxppc-dev" On Thu, Mar 18, 2021 at 05:54:55AM +0000, Al Viro wrote: > On Thu, Mar 18, 2021 at 05:56:57AM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > Switch the alpha defconfig from the legacy ide driver to libata. > > Umm... I don't have an IDE alpha box in a usable shape (fans on > CPU module shat themselves), and it would take a while to resurrect > it, but I remember the joy it used to cause in some versions. > > Do you have reports of libata variants of drivers actually tested on > those? No, I haven't. The whole point is that we're not going to keep 40000 lines of code around despite notice for users that don't exist or care. If there is a regression we'll fix it, but we're not going to make life miserable just because we can.