From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1423626AbXD3UF2 (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Apr 2007 16:05:28 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1423618AbXD3UF2 (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Apr 2007 16:05:28 -0400 Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:42759 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1423613AbXD3UF1 (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Apr 2007 16:05:27 -0400 Message-ID: <46364C04.4050208@garzik.org> Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 16:05:24 -0400 From: Jeff Garzik User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (X11/20070302) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Chuck Ebbert CC: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, LKML Subject: Re: [git patches] libata updates References: <20070429161542.GA12501@havoc.gtf.org> <46364901.4000907@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <46364901.4000907@redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -4.3 (----) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 3.1.8 on srv5.dvmed.net summary: Content analysis details: (-4.3 points, 5.0 required) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Chuck Ebbert wrote: > Jeff Garzik wrote: >> Jeff Garzik (8): >> libata/IDE: remove combined mode quirk > > You can't just remove the "combined_mode=" kernel parameter or > every Linux user who uses that will get an unbootable kernel > with no good way of diagnosing the problem. It should still > be accepted and just print a warning. No, most modern distros will simply Just Work(tm) due to mount by label, udev, and similar gadgets. As long as you have at least one (if not both) ATA drivers, you have a kernel that will boot your hardware. And by definition those using combined_mode= do indeed have the necessary drivers. Jeff