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Date:	Sun, 11 Mar 2012 21:36:47 +0000
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	"Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD" <plagnioj@...osoft.com>
Cc:	Alan Ott <alan@...nal11.us>, Andrew Victor <linux@...im.org.za>,
	Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...el.com>,
	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Ben Dooks <ben-linux@...ff.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] ARM: AT91: Add parameter for AT91_HAS_PATA

On Sunday 11 March 2012, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote:
> > 
> > diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-at91/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-at91/Kconfig
> > index 71feb00..9eeeabe 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm/mach-at91/Kconfig
> > +++ b/arch/arm/mach-at91/Kconfig
> > @@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ config AT91_SAM9_ALT_RESET
> >  config AT91_SAM9G45_RESET
> >       bool
> >  
> > +config AT91_HAS_PATA
> > +     bool
> what is the need for this?
> 
> As we switch to DT, I don't want to track the soc list in the Kconfig anymore
> if the soc support the PATA will be describe in the DT
> 

When I originally wrote the patch, I was hitting build errors when trying
to enable the at91 pata driver on socs that don't have the right declarations
in their headers. If that has been resolved in a better way already, this
patch can be dropped.

	Arnd
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