Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751315AbbHQGfE (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Aug 2015 02:35:04 -0400 Received: from muru.com ([72.249.23.125]:44817 "EHLO muru.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750754AbbHQGfB (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Aug 2015 02:35:01 -0400 Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2015 23:34:55 -0700 From: Tony Lindgren To: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Arnd Bergmann , Olof Johansson , Russell King , linux-omap@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFT PATCH] arm: omap1_defconfig: convert to use libata PATA drivers Message-ID: <20150817063454.GF4215@atomide.com> References: <1439571876-13758-1-git-send-email-b.zolnierkie@samsung.com> <1439571876-13758-16-git-send-email-b.zolnierkie@samsung.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1439571876-13758-16-git-send-email-b.zolnierkie@samsung.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2207 Lines: 64 * Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz [150814 10:10]: > 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 omap1_defconfig to use libata PATA > drivers. > > Cc: Tony Lindgren > Cc: linux-omap@vger.kernel.org > Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz > --- > Build tested only. > If you have affected hardware please test. Thank you. All my omap1 devices are in a rack using NFSroot or MMC so I can't test this. Seems like a good idea to me thoug, and does not cause merge conflicts. So if you want to queue this via along with other PATA related patches, please feel free to add: Acked-by: Tony Lindgren > arch/arm/configs/omap1_defconfig | 4 ++-- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/arch/arm/configs/omap1_defconfig b/arch/arm/configs/omap1_defconfig > index 0c8a787..6ffc984 100644 > --- a/arch/arm/configs/omap1_defconfig > +++ b/arch/arm/configs/omap1_defconfig > @@ -96,14 +96,14 @@ CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=y > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM=y > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM_COUNT=2 > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM_SIZE=8192 > -CONFIG_IDE=m > -CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECS=m > CONFIG_SCSI=y > # CONFIG_SCSI_PROC_FS is not set > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y > CONFIG_CHR_DEV_ST=y > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR=y > CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SG=y > +CONFIG_ATA=m > +CONFIG_PATA_PCMCIA=m > CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y > CONFIG_TUN=y > CONFIG_PHYLIB=y > -- > 1.9.1 > -- 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/