Re: [RESEND PATCH] arm: assabet_defconfig: disable IDE subsystem

Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2017-03-09T11:48:05Z

Hi Sekhar,

On Thursday, March 09, 2017 02:09:30 PM Sekhar Nori wrote:
> Hi Bartlomiej,
>
> On Wednesday 08 March 2017 08:30 PM, Sekhar Nori wrote:
>
> >> It took a while to get to it but here is the draft driver patch
> >> against v4.11-rc1. Please test.
> >
> > I tested this on DM6446 EVM. I was able to mount existing partitions on
> > the hard disk and see that the directory listing looks good[1]. I will do
> > more tests (including comparing performance with old driver) tomorrow. I
>
> I completed the tests I wanted to, including some read/write/data
> integrity tests. Performance is same as before too.
>
> Tested-by: Sekhar Nori <nsekhar@ti.com>

Thanks for testing!

> Here are the additional changes I did. These changes do not clash with

I'll split the draft patch on ATA & platform changes and make a proper
submission. I'll also include your changes (can I have your Signed-by
for them?).

> what I have already queued for v4.12. That said, its probably better if
> I carry the platform pieces through my tree. Let me know how you want
> to proceed.

I think that it would be the best to ask Tejun to make a separate branch
with a pata_bk3710 driver so it can be pulled into your tree to preserve
bisectability.

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