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=-3.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, URIBL_BLOCKED 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 E3634C433E0 for ; Thu, 18 Mar 2021 18:04:07 +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 EF44E64F1D for ; Thu, 18 Mar 2021 18:04:06 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org EF44E64F1D Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=mansr.com 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 4F1ZfF2jlLz3c4B for ; Fri, 19 Mar 2021 05:04:05 +1100 (AEDT) Authentication-Results: lists.ozlabs.org; spf=permerror (SPF Permanent Error: Void lookup limit of 2 exceeded) smtp.mailfrom=mansr.com (client-ip=2001:8b0:ca0d:8d8e::2; helo=unicorn.mansr.com; envelope-from=mans@mansr.com; receiver=) X-Greylist: delayed 3273 seconds by postgrey-1.36 at boromir; Fri, 19 Mar 2021 05:03:46 AEDT Received: from unicorn.mansr.com (unicorn.mansr.com [IPv6:2001:8b0:ca0d:8d8e::2]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4F1Zdt31DSz3014 for ; Fri, 19 Mar 2021 05:03:45 +1100 (AEDT) Received: from raven.mansr.com (raven.mansr.com [IPv6:2001:8b0:ca0d:8d8e::3]) by unicorn.mansr.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C65CC15361; Thu, 18 Mar 2021 18:03:42 +0000 (GMT) Received: by raven.mansr.com (Postfix, from userid 51770) id B967B219C32; Thu, 18 Mar 2021 18:03:42 +0000 (GMT) From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?M=E5ns_Rullg=E5rd?= To: Christoph Hellwig Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/10] alpha: use libata instead of the legacy ide driver References: <20210318045706.200458-1-hch@lst.de> <20210318045706.200458-2-hch@lst.de> <20210318060724.GA29117@lst.de> Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2021 18:03:42 +0000 In-Reply-To: (=?iso-8859-1?Q?=22M=E5ns_Rullg?= =?iso-8859-1?Q?=E5rd=22's?= message of "Thu, 18 Mar 2021 17:09:02 +0000") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Russell King , linux-mips@vger.kernel.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, linux-m68k@lists.linux-m68k.org, Ivan Kokshaysky , Al Viro , linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org, Geert Uytterhoeven , Matt Turner , linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, "David S. Miller" , linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, Richard Henderson Errors-To: linuxppc-dev-bounces+linuxppc-dev=archiver.kernel.org@lists.ozlabs.org Sender: "Linuxppc-dev" M=E5ns Rullg=E5rd writes: > Christoph Hellwig writes: > >> 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. >>>=20 >>> 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. >>>=20 >>> 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. > > The pata_ali driver works fine on my UP1500 machine, unless something > broke recently. I'll build the latest kernel and report back. 5.11.7 seems fine too. --=20 M=E5ns Rullg=E5rd