From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932907AbZKXNXB (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:23:01 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1758051AbZKXNXA (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:23:00 -0500 Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de ([212.227.17.8]:62017 "EHLO moutng.kundenserver.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758050AbZKXNW7 (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:22:59 -0500 From: Arnd Bergmann To: "Sachin Rane" Subject: Re: Need Info about IDE driver Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:23:02 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.12.2 (Linux/2.6.31-14-generic; KDE/4.3.2; x86_64; ; ) Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <846629303ABF174A9EA5BB26D6965A594D5465@MX2.AlphionCorp.local> In-Reply-To: <846629303ABF174A9EA5BB26D6965A594D5465@MX2.AlphionCorp.local> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200911241423.02389.arnd@arndb.de> X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX18gGnO2nlC+ashziLi0hrSXE9eEX4e3+xJ4RPY FKU40+6L8xB5uWUmQVPBRfqI22BtvVRzipi7VVjHCdl/NgGNBD L5EyEsxRdVIOkNc6mqXkw== Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tuesday 24 November 2009, Sachin Rane wrote: > > I am new to 'IDE' Linux driver. > Before writing this mail I tried to get information from internet but > couldn't hit the website which can give developer point of view > information. > > I am going through the code ' > kernel-2.6.16.1-ts.amcc440gx.basic.1/drivers/ide/pci/siimage.c' and user > manual for 'Sil0680' to understand how the IDE driver works. > Hi Sachin, To make sure you're now going down the wrong path, please be advised that the 'IDE' drivers are no longer under active development and are getting replaced by the 'libata' subsystem. You should be looking at drivers/ata/pata_sil680.c and possibly stat_sil*.c. Also, note that 2.6.16 is very old and any work you invest there is probably wasted, so look at the latest version 2.6.31 or 2.6.32. Arnd <><