Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932175AbWC3LMN (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Mar 2006 06:12:13 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932177AbWC3LMN (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Mar 2006 06:12:13 -0500 Received: from outpipe-village-512-1.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:60612 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932175AbWC3LML (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Mar 2006 06:12:11 -0500 Subject: Re: Schedule for adding pata to kernel? From: Alan Cox To: James Cloos Cc: linux-kernel , Robert Hancock In-Reply-To: References: <5SuEq-6ut-39@gated-at.bofh.it> <5TDme-22E-27@gated-at.bofh.it> <5UAcC-3bd-3@gated-at.bofh.it> <5UH4o-4RJ-27@gated-at.bofh.it> <5UTfA-5uK-17@gated-at.bofh.it> <442A9A1C.1020004@shaw.ca> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 12:20:02 +0100 Message-Id: <1143717602.29388.34.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 (2.2.3-2.fc4) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 650 Lines: 16 On Mer, 2006-03-29 at 17:30 -0500, James Cloos wrote: > My understanding is that with Alan's patch everything should be > using major 8, and that CONFIG_IDE is no longer required, yes? This is correct both if you are just using the existing SATA drivers or if you are using the libata patch to drive older chips via libata. You can mix and match but don't compile in two drivers for the same chip Alan - 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/