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From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com>
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Andre Hedrick wrote:
> Also not that ATA/IDE drivers were not using 2.4 PCI API and likewise was
> stable for a while.

Stable?  Yes.  But it's not modular nor compatible with current efforts
like 2.4 cardbus or 2.4 hotplug pci or 2.5 device mode.  If one cannot
do
	modprobe piix4_ide
and have the right things happen automatically, the system is not
modular.  If it doesn't use the PCI API, it's implementing CardBus
support in a non-standard way if at all.


> > This is need for transparented support for cardbus and hotplug PCI, not
> 
> This is HOST level operation not DEVICE, and you do not see the differenc.

I do.  I am talking about a HOST api here.


> It is a shame that I will now have to start from scratch to create another
> API for hotplug device for ATA/ATAPI that was migrating into SCSI because
> of the ide-scsi driver.

Why not work with Patrick to make sure his device model properly
supports disks?

	Jeff


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