Re: [PATCH] libata: pata_bf54x: handle portmuxing of pins through GPIO PORTs

[Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>]

On 12/21/2009 09:21 AM, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 14:07, Jeff Garzik wrote:
>> Mike Frysinger wrote:
>>> By default, the PATA pins are routed to the async address lines in which
>>> case, no peripheral muxing needs to be done.  However, if the pins get
>>> routed through the GPIO PORTs pins, we need to make sure to request them
>>> so that the muxing is properly set up.
>>> ---
>>> Andrew: could you pick this up ?  it was posted over a month ago to the
>>> Linux/IDE list w/no feedback.
>>
>> Although it is disappointing that your patch was missed -- our apologies --
>> I don't think the best response was to elide linux-ide and the libata
>> maintainer, in favor of a higher noise list.  :)
>>
>> I have the patch queued, now.
>
> so it's been 8 months since it was posted, 6 months since it was
> queued, and multiple libata merges have been made, but this patch has
> yet to make it into mainline ...

No idea how it got lost :(   Just sent a pull request to Linus with this 
in it.

	Jeff