linux-kernel - Re: [RFT PATCH] arm: collie_defconfig: convert to use libata PATA drivers

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Date:	Fri, 14 Aug 2015 20:25:45 +0300
From:	Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov <dbaryshkov@...il.com>
To:	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>
Cc:	linux-arm-kernel <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	linux-ide@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>,
	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [RFT PATCH] arm: collie_defconfig: convert to use libata PATA drivers

2015-08-14 20:04 GMT+03:00 Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>:
> IDE subsystem has been deprecated since 2009 and the majority
> (if not all) of Linux distributions have switched to use
> libata for ATA support exclusively.  However there are still
> some users (mostly old or/and embedded non-x86 systems) that
> have not converted from using IDE subsystem to libata PATA
> drivers.  This doesn't seem to be good thing in the long-term
> for Linux as while there is less and less PATA systems left
> in use:
>
> * testing efforts are divided between two subsystems
>
> * having duplicate drivers for same hardware confuses users
>
> This patch converts collie_defconfig to use libata PATA
> drivers.
>
> Cc: Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov <dbaryshkov@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>

Acked-by: Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov <dbaryshkov@...il.com>


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With best wishes
Dmitry
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