From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751368AbVHVWT0 (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Aug 2005 18:19:26 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751355AbVHVWSu (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Aug 2005 18:18:50 -0400 Received: from zeus1.kernel.org ([204.152.191.4]:63367 "EHLO zeus1.kernel.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751349AbVHVWSq (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Aug 2005 18:18:46 -0400 Subject: Re: IRQ problem with PCMCIA From: Alan Cox To: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz Cc: David Hinds , "Hesse, Christian" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-pcmcia@lists.infradead.org In-Reply-To: <58cb370e050822022556595fa1@mail.gmail.com> References: <200508212043.58331.mail@earthworm.de> <20050821221739.GA18925@sonic.net> <20050821221935.GB18925@sonic.net> <1124671082.1101.0.camel@localhost.localdomain> <58cb370e050822022556595fa1@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 11:32:50 +0100 Message-Id: <1124706770.7281.13.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.2 (2.2.2-5) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Llu, 2005-08-22 at 11:25 +0200, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > CardBus IDE devices work just fine but there are still issues with > hotplug support (work in progress). "work in progress". Yes because I submitted working IDE cardbus hotplug support, and Mark Lord submitted a Delkin driver both of which worked months ago rather nicely and neither of which hit the Bartlomiej stone wall and never got in and are now stale patches. > > up ever getting those into the kernel. Please wait instead for the new > > SATA/ATA layer to develop hotplug support. > > This is just a FUD to discourage people from working on IDE drivers. > Alan is doing this on purpose and doesn't really want to improve things. Its a realistic assessment based upon over ten years working on the Linux kernel. I do not believe you are capable of fixing the old IDE code. But don't take that personally I am sceptical than anyone can fix the old IDE code. Alan