Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752609AbYKXKC2 (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Nov 2008 05:02:28 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751806AbYKXKCT (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Nov 2008 05:02:19 -0500 Received: from gateway-1237.mvista.com ([63.81.120.155]:56240 "EHLO imap.sh.mvista.com" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751723AbYKXKCS (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Nov 2008 05:02:18 -0500 Message-ID: <492A7BA3.9000207@ru.mvista.com> Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:02:11 +0300 From: Sergei Shtylyov User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 (Windows/20081105) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alan Cox Cc: Shane McDonald , bzolnier@gmail.com, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Resurrect IT8172 IDE controller driver References: <20081124095510.31cc990f@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <20081124095510.31cc990f@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 602 Lines: 22 Hello. Alan Cox wrote: >> This patch resurrects the IT8172 IDE controller code. I began with >> the 2.6.18 version of the it8172.c file, and have moved it forward so >> > > This appears to be a PIIX clone, is it different enough to need its own > driver ? > Unfortunately, it's not an exact clone, so does need its own driver. MBR, Sergei -- 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/