linux-kernel - Re: PATA drivers queued for 2.6.19

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Date:	Mon, 4 Sep 2006 14:35:46 +0200
From:	Tomasz Torcz <zdzichu@....pl>
To:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de>
Cc:	Grant Coady <gcoady.lk@...il.com>, Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>,
	"linux-ide@...r.kernel.org" <linux-ide@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>
Subject: Re: PATA drivers queued for 2.6.19

On Mon, Sep 04, 2006 at 02:07:29PM +0200, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> >>I just pulled the "pata-drivers" branch of libata-dev.git into the 
> >>"upstream" branch, which means that Alan's libata PATA driver collection 
> >>is now queued for 2.6.19.
> >>
> >>Testing-wise, these PATA drivers have been Andrew Morton's -mm tree for 
> >>many months.  Community-wise, no one posted objections to the PATA 
> >>driver merge plan, when Alan posted it on LKML and linux-ide.
> >
> >Too friggin' hard to test Alan's stuff for older IDE here, therefore 
> >ignored so far :(   I have some old hardware that Alan is addressing, 
> >even an old IBM 260MB PCMCIA HDD.
> >
> >I can't see an easy way to arrange multi-boot with different /etc/fstab 
> >depending if I'm trying /dev/hdaX or /dev/sdaX.  Parallel '/' partitions?
> 
> Got udev?
> 
> /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST3802110A_5LR13RN7-partX could be your friend.

  Almost. It would alternate between "ata-" and "scsi-".

-- 
Tomasz Torcz                Only gods can safely risk perfection,
zdzichu@....-nie.spam-.pl     it's a dangerous thing for a man.  -- Alia


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