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From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
To: Alan <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: arnd@arndb.de, linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org,
	linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, paulus@samba.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] libata-sff.c: add another IRQ calls
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 17:05:45 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <45AD4C39.3050202@garzik.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070116120450.1bb44ebb@localhost.localdomain>

Alan wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 19:46:23 +0900
> Akira Iguchi <akira2.iguchi@toshiba.co.jp> wrote:
> 
>> When enabling IRQ, ap->ops->irq_on is checked.
>> Because most drivers can use ata_irq_on() as is, this
>> patch allows ap->ops->irq_on to be NULL.
>> If it is NULL, ata_irq_on() are used.
> 
> 
> I believe you can now remove the if(ap->ioaddr.ctl_addr) check as any
> device lacking a ctl_addr can now provide an irq_on() method using your
> changes.
> 
> You've fixed the FIXME 

Agreed.

Abstracting out the Control/Alt-Status register block operations has 
been a long-standing TODO that I knew would be required, sometime down 
the line.  I certainly support adding such abstractions, as they are 
required for several non-x86 IDE drivers, not just Cell.

	Jeff

  reply	other threads:[~2007-01-16 22:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <200701161046.l0GAkE5u029367@toshiba.co.jp>
2007-01-16 12:04 ` [PATCH 3/4] libata-sff.c: add another IRQ calls Alan
2007-01-16 22:05   ` Jeff Garzik [this message]
2007-01-16 10:46 Akira Iguchi

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