Re: [PATCH 1/2] [ide] mmio ide support

Hi,

On Saturday 07 July 2007, Arnd Bergmann wrote:

On Saturday 07 July 2007, Sergei Shtylyov wrote:

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Arnd Bergmann wrote:

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This adds support for MMIO IDE device like CompactFlash 
in TrueIDE mode.

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Signed-off-by: Anton Vorontsov <redacted> 
Signed-off-by: Vitaly Bordug <redacted>

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Hmm, are we still adding new IDE drivers? Do you also have a

    Yes, why not?

The last time someone (I think Akira Iguchi) wanted to add
a new powerpc specific IDE driver, that was rejected based

linux/drivers/ide/pci/scc_pata.c

New IDE host drivers are still fine.

on the argument that drivers/ide/ is going away soon. Most
current distros have already moved over to using libata
exclusively.

The in-kernel default for PATA systems is still IDE subsystem.

Thanks,
Bart