Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755784AbbHNRZu (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 Aug 2015 13:25:50 -0400 Received: from mail-ig0-f179.google.com ([209.85.213.179]:36668 "EHLO mail-ig0-f179.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755755AbbHNRZr (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 Aug 2015 13:25:47 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1439571876-13758-6-git-send-email-b.zolnierkie@samsung.com> References: <1439571876-13758-1-git-send-email-b.zolnierkie@samsung.com> <1439571876-13758-6-git-send-email-b.zolnierkie@samsung.com> Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2015 20:25:45 +0300 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [RFT PATCH] arm: collie_defconfig: convert to use libata PATA drivers From: Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov To: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz Cc: linux-arm-kernel , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, kernel list , Arnd Bergmann , Olof Johansson , Russell King Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1177 Lines: 31 2015-08-14 20:04 GMT+03:00 Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz : > IDE subsystem has been deprecated since 2009 and the majority > (if not all) of Linux distributions have switched to use > libata for ATA support exclusively. However there are still > some users (mostly old or/and embedded non-x86 systems) that > have not converted from using IDE subsystem to libata PATA > drivers. This doesn't seem to be good thing in the long-term > for Linux as while there is less and less PATA systems left > in use: > > * testing efforts are divided between two subsystems > > * having duplicate drivers for same hardware confuses users > > This patch converts collie_defconfig to use libata PATA > drivers. > > Cc: Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov > Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz Acked-by: Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov -- With best wishes Dmitry -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/