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* [RFC PATCH 00/19] ide: remove deprecated host drivers (part 1)
@ 2016-02-04 13:43 Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
  2016-02-04 13:43 ` [RFC PATCH 01/19] ide: remove deprecated atiixp host driver Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
                   ` (19 more replies)
  0 siblings, 20 replies; 28+ messages in thread
From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz @ 2016-02-04 13:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: David S. Miller
  Cc: linux-ide, linux-kernel, Tejun Heo, Alan Cox, Sergei Shtylyov,
	b.zolnierkie

Hi,

IDE subsystem has been deprecated since 2009 and the majority
(if not all) of Linux distributions have switched to use
libata for ATA support exclusively.

This patchset removes IDE host drivers that:
- have been replaced by their corresponding libata PATA host
  drivers (which have been available since 2006/2007)
- are not used by any defconfig

Having duplicated drivers for the same hardware doesn't seem
to be good thing in the long-term perspective for Linux as
- testing efforts are divided between two drivers/subsystems
  (while there is less and less PATA systems left in use)
- having two drivers for the same hardware confuses users

Please note that all the hardware supported by IDE host drivers
nominated for removal remains supported by correspoding libata
PATA host drivers.

PS If this patchset is accepted I would like to continue
removal of IDE host drivers in part 2 which will happen after
remaining defconfigs which still are using IDE host drivers
get converted to use corresponding libata PATA host drivers.

Best regards,
--
Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
Samsung R&D Institute Poland
Samsung Electronics


Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz (19):
  ide: remove deprecated atiixp host driver
  ide: remove deprecated cs5520 host driver
  ide: remove deprecated cs5530 host driver
  ide: remove deprecated cs5535 host driver
  ide: remove deprecated cs5536 host driver
  ide: remove deprecated sc1200 host driver
  ide: remove deprecated delkin_cb host driver
  ide: remove deprecated it8213 host driver
  ide: remove deprecated it821x host driver
  ide: remove deprecated jmicron host driver
  ide: remove deprecated opti621 host driver
  ide: remove deprecated pdc202xx_old host driver
  ide: remove deprecated rz1000 host driver
  ide: remove deprecated serverworks host driver
  ide: remove deprecated sis5513 host driver
  ide: remove deprecated slc90e66 host driver
  ide: remove deprecated triflex host driver
  ide: remove deprecated ide-pnp host driver
  ide: remove deprecated icside host driver

 drivers/ide/Kconfig        | 200 +------------
 drivers/ide/Makefile       |  19 --
 drivers/ide/atiixp.c       | 211 -------------
 drivers/ide/cs5520.c       | 168 -----------
 drivers/ide/cs5530.c       | 295 -------------------
 drivers/ide/cs5535.c       | 219 --------------
 drivers/ide/cs5536.c       | 306 -------------------
 drivers/ide/delkin_cb.c    | 181 ------------
 drivers/ide/icside.c       | 691 -------------------------------------------
 drivers/ide/ide-pnp.c      | 100 -------
 drivers/ide/it8213.c       | 216 --------------
 drivers/ide/it821x.c       | 715 ---------------------------------------------
 drivers/ide/jmicron.c      | 176 -----------
 drivers/ide/opti621.c      | 178 -----------
 drivers/ide/pdc202xx_old.c | 361 -----------------------
 drivers/ide/rz1000.c       |  99 -------
 drivers/ide/sc1200.c       | 355 ----------------------
 drivers/ide/serverworks.c  | 449 ----------------------------
 drivers/ide/sis5513.c      | 636 ----------------------------------------
 drivers/ide/slc90e66.c     | 181 ------------
 drivers/ide/triflex.c      | 155 ----------
 21 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 5909 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/atiixp.c
 delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/cs5520.c
 delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/cs5530.c
 delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/cs5535.c
 delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/cs5536.c
 delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/delkin_cb.c
 delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/icside.c
 delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/ide-pnp.c
 delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/it8213.c
 delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/it821x.c
 delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/jmicron.c
 delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/opti621.c
 delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/pdc202xx_old.c
 delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/rz1000.c
 delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/sc1200.c
 delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/serverworks.c
 delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/sis5513.c
 delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/slc90e66.c
 delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/triflex.c

-- 
1.9.1

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2016-02-04 13:43 [RFC PATCH 00/19] ide: remove deprecated host drivers (part 1) Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2016-02-04 13:43 ` [RFC PATCH 01/19] ide: remove deprecated atiixp host driver Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2016-02-04 13:43 ` [RFC PATCH 02/19] ide: remove deprecated cs5520 " Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2016-02-04 13:44 ` [RFC PATCH 03/19] ide: remove deprecated cs5530 " Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2016-02-04 13:44 ` [RFC PATCH 04/19] ide: remove deprecated cs5535 " Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2016-02-04 13:44 ` [RFC PATCH 05/19] ide: remove deprecated cs5536 " Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2016-02-04 13:44 ` [RFC PATCH 06/19] ide: remove deprecated sc1200 " Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2016-02-04 13:44 ` [RFC PATCH 07/19] ide: remove deprecated delkin_cb " Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2016-02-04 13:44 ` [RFC PATCH 08/19] ide: remove deprecated it8213 " Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2016-02-04 13:44 ` [RFC PATCH 09/19] ide: remove deprecated it821x " Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2016-02-04 13:44 ` [RFC PATCH 10/19] ide: remove deprecated jmicron " Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2016-02-04 13:44 ` [RFC PATCH 11/19] ide: remove deprecated opti621 " Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2016-02-04 13:44 ` [RFC PATCH 12/19] ide: remove deprecated pdc202xx_old " Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2016-02-04 13:44 ` [RFC PATCH 13/19] ide: remove deprecated rz1000 " Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2016-02-04 13:44 ` [RFC PATCH 14/19] ide: remove deprecated serverworks " Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2016-02-04 13:44 ` [RFC PATCH 15/19] ide: remove deprecated sis5513 " Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2016-02-04 13:44 ` [RFC PATCH 16/19] ide: remove deprecated slc90e66 " Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2016-02-04 13:44 ` [RFC PATCH 17/19] ide: remove deprecated triflex " Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2016-02-04 13:44 ` [RFC PATCH 18/19] ide: remove deprecated ide-pnp " Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2016-02-04 13:44 ` [RC PATCH 19/19] ide: remove deprecated icside " Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2016-07-08 17:07 ` [RFC PATCH 00/19] ide: remove deprecated host drivers (part 1) Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2016-12-08 13:42   ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2016-12-08 15:23     ` David Miller
2016-12-08 16:15       ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2016-12-08 16:39         ` David Miller
2016-12-08 17:11           ` Christoph Hellwig
2016-12-08 17:14           ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2016-12-08 17:58             ` David Miller

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