linux-kernel - Re: [git patches] libata updates

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Date:	Mon, 30 Apr 2007 18:06:22 -0400
From:	Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@...hat.com>
To:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
CC:	linux-ide@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [git patches] libata updates

Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Chuck Ebbert wrote:
>> Jeff Garzik wrote:
>>> Jeff Garzik (8):
>>>       libata/IDE: remove combined mode quirk
>>
>> You can't just remove the "combined_mode=" kernel parameter or
>> every Linux user who uses that will get an unbootable kernel
>> with no good way of diagnosing the problem. It should still
>> be accepted and just print a warning.
> 
> No, most modern distros will simply Just Work(tm) due to mount by label,
> udev, and similar gadgets.
> 
> As long as you have at least one (if not both) ATA drivers, you have a
> kernel that will boot your hardware.  And by definition those using
> combined_mode= do indeed have the necessary drivers.

OK, this is a kernel parameter and should be fine. But you can't remove
*module* parameters for drivers needed for booting or the initrd will
fail to load the module with "unknown parameter" and users can't boot.
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