Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030791AbWJDMD4 (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Oct 2006 08:03:56 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030835AbWJDMDz (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Oct 2006 08:03:55 -0400 Received: from smtp.ocgnet.org ([64.20.243.3]:14021 "EHLO smtp.ocgnet.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030833AbWJDMDy (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Oct 2006 08:03:54 -0400 Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2006 05:02:14 +0900 From: Paul Mundt To: girish Cc: B.Zolnierkiewicz@elka.pw.edu.pl, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, rmk@arm.linux.org.uk, gregkh@suse.de, ysato@users.sourceforge.jp Subject: Re: [PATCH] Generic platform device IDE driver Message-ID: <20061004200214.GA6664@localhost.Internal.Linux-SH.ORG> References: <20061004074535.GA7180@localhost.hsdv.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 581 Lines: 12 On Wed, Oct 04, 2006 at 08:30:36PM +0900, girish wrote: > question: where is linux/ide-platform.h header? > answer: there isn't one, as it's not needed. The reason for using platform devices is so we get _away_ from this ridiculous static set of definitions for I/O addresses and IRQs that are sprinkled around a lot of these drivers. - 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/