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 51F15C433DB for ; Fri, 19 Mar 2021 05:43:50 +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 242E664EF6 for ; Fri, 19 Mar 2021 05:43:49 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 242E664EF6 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 4F1t9b3pz5z3byN for ; Fri, 19 Mar 2021 16:43:47 +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 4F1t9D0k1tz30HC for ; Fri, 19 Mar 2021 16:43:26 +1100 (AEDT) Received: by verein.lst.de (Postfix, from userid 2407) id EFE6A68BEB; Fri, 19 Mar 2021 06:43:19 +0100 (CET) Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2021 06:43:19 +0100 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Finn Thain Subject: Re: remove the legacy ide driver Message-ID: <20210319054319.GA9880@lst.de> References: <20210318045706.200458-1-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 Fri, Mar 19, 2021 at 12:43:48PM +1100, Finn Thain wrote: > A few months ago I wrote another patch to move some more platforms away > from macide but it has not been tested yet. That is not to say you should > wait. However, my patch does have some changes that are missing from your > patch series, relating to ide platform devices in arch/m68k/mac/config.c. > I hope to be able to test this patch before the 5.13 merge window closes. Normally we do not remove drivers for hardware that is still used. So at leat for macide my plan was not to take it away unless the users are sufficiently happy. Or in other words: I think waiting it the right choice, but hopefully we can make that wait as short as possible.