linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5] Resurrect IT8172 IDE controller driver

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Date:	Fri, 2 Jan 2009 23:25:04 +0100
From:	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
To:	Shane McDonald <mcdonald.shane@...il.com>
Cc:	alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk, linux-ide@...r.kernel.org,
	sshtylyov@...mvista.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5] Resurrect IT8172 IDE controller driver

On Friday 02 January 2009, Shane McDonald wrote:
> Support for the IT8172 IDE controller was removed from the kernel
> sometime after 2.6.18.  Support for the only boards that used the IT8172
> was removed from the kernel after 2.6.18, as they had never compiled
> since 2.6.0.  However, there are a couple of platforms that use this
> chip: the PMC-Sierra Xiao Hu thin-client computer, which is no longer
> in production, and the Linksys NSS4000 Network Attached Storage box,
> which is based on the Xiao Hu board.  I am attempting to add support
> for the Xiao Hu to the kernel, and this IT8172 IDE controller is the
> first bit of code in this effort.
> 
> 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
> that it works with the latest version of the kernel.  I have run this
> driver on a PMC-Sierra Xiao Hu board with the 2.6.28 kernel, and
> I have had no problems with it in my configuration.  The attached patch
> applies cleanly against 2.6.28.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Shane McDonald <mcdonald.shane@...il.com>
> Acked-by: Sergei Shtylyov <sshtylyov@...mvista.com>

applied, thanks!
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