Re: [git patches] libata updates

Jesse Barnes
2007-05-01T21:34:32Z

On Sunday, April 29, 2007 9:15 am Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Noteworthy changes:
> * remove combined mode PCI quirk. IDE driver selection (libata or
> old-IDE) is now determined purely by module load order.
> * new driver API, that is far more like other kernel APIs:
> alloc...register...unregister...free.
> * More Alan PATA work
> * Lots of other little bits.

> drivers/pci/quirks.c | 113 ----

Looks like you removed the combined_mode quirk (yay!) but didn't update
kernel-parameters.txt... might confuse people. Here's a patch to remove
mention of it from the documentation.

Signed-off-by: Jesse Barnes <jesse.barnes@intel.com>

Thanks,
Jesse

diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 84c3bd0..49b1ea3 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -722,14 +722,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
inport.irq= [HW] Inport (ATI XL and Microsoft) busmouse driver
Format: <irq>

- combined_mode= [HW] control which driver uses IDE ports in combined
- mode: legacy IDE driver, libata, or both
- (in the libata case, libata.atapi_enabled=1 may be
- useful as well). Note that using the ide or libata
- options may affect your device naming (e.g. by
- changing hdc to sdb).
- Format: combined (default), ide, or libata
-
inttest= [IA64]

io7= [HW] IO7 for Marvel based alpha systems