From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from ozlabs.org (ozlabs.org [IPv6:2401:3900:2:1::2]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3tKKY70fGfzDvs7 for ; Thu, 17 Nov 2016 23:04:11 +1100 (AEDT) In-Reply-To: <1454514630-29269-18-git-send-email-b.zolnierkie@samsung.com> To: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz , linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, Benjamin Herrenschmidt , Paul Mackerras From: Michael Ellerman Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, b.zolnierkie@samsung.com Subject: Re: [RFT] powerpc: convert pmac32_defconfig to use libata PATA drivers Message-Id: <3tKKY64Th4z9tl4@ozlabs.org> Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2016 23:04:10 +1100 (AEDT) List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Wed, 2016-03-02 at 15:50:24 UTC, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > IDE subsystem has been deprecated since 2009 and the majority > (if not all) of Linux distributions have switched to use > libata for ATA support exclusively. However there are still > some users (mostly old or/and embedded non-x86 systems) that > have not converted from using IDE subsystem to libata PATA > drivers. This doesn't seem to be good thing in the long-term > for Linux as while there is less and less PATA systems left > in use: > > * testing efforts are divided between two subsystems > > * having duplicate drivers for same hardware confuses users > > This patch converts pmac32_defconfig to use libata PATA > drivers. > > Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz Applied to powerpc next, thanks. https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/b0d3a074174138b7714533968be723 cheers