Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751963AbXA3Wvo (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Jan 2007 17:51:44 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751964AbXA3Wvo (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Jan 2007 17:51:44 -0500 Received: from outpipe-village-512-1.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:58102 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751963AbXA3Wvn (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Jan 2007 17:51:43 -0500 Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 23:03:58 +0000 From: Alan To: Matthieu CASTET Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Free Linux Driver Development! Message-ID: <20070130230358.5ad07317@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: References: <20070130012904.GA9617@kroah.com> <20070130191020.GF20642@kroah.com> <45BFA087.6020905@garzik.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.7.1 (GTK+ 2.10.4; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 838 Lines: 20 > On another side, some PATA drivers are incomplete or missing. > > When we switch to PATA and drop old ide stack, what will happen ? > Will all driver be ported and full-feature, or some will be obsoleted ? At the moment unless anyone gets upset I expect to obsolete the CMD640 but nothing else PCI. Can't comment on non x86 drivers and that may be up to port maintainers, and in part to polishing the core code to handle it better. Some vendors are trialling a libata switch in their upcoming distributions and the only barrier I expect to need some quick fixing is the HPA support. 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/