Re: [PATCH 00/18] ide: warm-plug support for IDE devices and other goodies

Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2008-02-12T22:01:28Z

On Tue, 2008-02-12 at 21:41 +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 08:04:07 +1100
> Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> wrote:
>
> >
> > On Fri, 2008-02-08 at 19:40 +1100, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> > > On Fri, 2008-02-08 at 01:44 +0100, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> > > > - couple of fixes and preparatory patches
> > > >
> > > > - rework of PowerMac media-bay support ([un]register IDE devices instead of
> > > > [un]registering IDE interface) [ it is the main reason for spamming PPC ML ]
> > >
> > > Interesting... I was thinking about doing a full remove of the device at
> > > a higher level instead but I suppose what you propose is easier.
> > >
> > > I'll have a look & test next week hopefully.
> >
> > Also, the above would have the advantage of not relying on drivers/ide
> > infrastructure, and thus working with libata (once somebody has ported
> > pmac ide to libata).
>
> Unfortunately you need a degree in dentistry to open a Macintosh up and
> fix it otherwise we would have support by now.

Heh :-)

Recent powermacs are trivial to open ! But yeah, I do need to produce a
driver for libata one of these days. On my todo list ...

Cheers,
Ben.