Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964804AbWIDMfy (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Sep 2006 08:35:54 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964816AbWIDMfy (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Sep 2006 08:35:54 -0400 Received: from nsm.pl ([195.34.211.229]:28164 "EHLO nsm.pl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964804AbWIDMfw (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Sep 2006 08:35:52 -0400 Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2006 14:35:46 +0200 From: Tomasz Torcz To: Jan Engelhardt Cc: Grant Coady , Jeff Garzik , "linux-ide@vger.kernel.org" , Linux Kernel , Alan Cox , Andrew Morton , Linus Torvalds Subject: Re: PATA drivers queued for 2.6.19 Message-ID: <20060904123546.GB23978@irc.pl> Mail-Followup-To: Jan Engelhardt , Grant Coady , Jeff Garzik , "linux-ide@vger.kernel.org" , Linux Kernel , Alan Cox , Andrew Morton , Linus Torvalds References: <44FC0779.9030405@garzik.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="E39vaYmALEf/7YXx" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1873 Lines: 58 --E39vaYmALEf/7YXx Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Sep 04, 2006 at 02:07:29PM +0200, Jan Engelhardt wrote: > >>I just pulled the "pata-drivers" branch of libata-dev.git into the=20 > >>"upstream" branch, which means that Alan's libata PATA driver collectio= n=20 > >>is now queued for 2.6.19. > >> > >>Testing-wise, these PATA drivers have been Andrew Morton's -mm tree for= =20 > >>many months. Community-wise, no one posted objections to the PATA=20 > >>driver merge plan, when Alan posted it on LKML and linux-ide. > > > >Too friggin' hard to test Alan's stuff for older IDE here, therefore=20 > >ignored so far :( I have some old hardware that Alan is addressing,=20 > >even an old IBM 260MB PCMCIA HDD. > > > >I can't see an easy way to arrange multi-boot with different /etc/fstab= =20 > >depending if I'm trying /dev/hdaX or /dev/sdaX. Parallel '/' partitions? >=20 > Got udev? >=20 > /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST3802110A_5LR13RN7-partX could be your friend. Almost. It would alternate between "ata-" and "scsi-". --=20 Tomasz Torcz Only gods can safely risk perfection, zdzichu@irc.-nie.spam-.pl it's a dangerous thing for a man. -- Alia --E39vaYmALEf/7YXx Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: gpg --search-keys Tomasz Torcz iD8DBQFE/B2i10UJr+75NrkRAmQeAJ459ZMUpXKgL8V+q3wgUhGhVZh7IgCfTSpw MLouCQpsYse7zK3VP07cwkU= =xicF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --E39vaYmALEf/7YXx-- -- VGER BF report: U 0.5 - 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/