Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S941465AbcKQMGb (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Nov 2016 07:06:31 -0500 Received: from ozlabs.org ([103.22.144.67]:52839 "EHLO ozlabs.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S936420AbcKQMEL (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Nov 2016 07:04:11 -0500 X-powerpc-patch-notification: thanks X-powerpc-patch-commit: c1f9d2938bd75c0245f640ad30d81e0564f0c0ce In-Reply-To: <1454514630-29269-16-git-send-email-b.zolnierkie@samsung.com> To: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz , linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, Benjamin Herrenschmidt , Paul Mackerras From: Michael Ellerman Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, b.zolnierkie@samsung.com Subject: Re: [RFT] powerpc: convert maple_defconfig to use libata PATA drivers Message-Id: <3tKKY51wtHz9t2C@ozlabs.org> Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2016 23:04:09 +1100 (AEDT) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 889 Lines: 24 On Wed, 2016-03-02 at 15:50:22 UTC, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > 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 maple_defconfig to use libata PATA > drivers. > > Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz Applied to powerpc next, thanks. https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/c1f9d2938bd75c0245f640ad30d81e cheers