Re: [PATCH] 2.5.5-pre1 IDE cleanup 9

Jeff Garzik
2002-02-22T20:07:13Z

Andre Hedrick wrote:
> Also not that ATA/IDE drivers were not using 2.4 PCI API and likewise was
> stable for a while.

Stable? Yes. But it's not modular nor compatible with current efforts
like 2.4 cardbus or 2.4 hotplug pci or 2.5 device mode. If one cannot
do
modprobe piix4_ide
and have the right things happen automatically, the system is not
modular. If it doesn't use the PCI API, it's implementing CardBus
support in a non-standard way if at all.

> > This is need for transparented support for cardbus and hotplug PCI, not
>
> This is HOST level operation not DEVICE, and you do not see the differenc.

I do. I am talking about a HOST api here.

> It is a shame that I will now have to start from scratch to create another
> API for hotplug device for ATA/ATAPI that was migrating into SCSI because
> of the ide-scsi driver.

Why not work with Patrick to make sure his device model properly
supports disks?

Jeff

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