linux-kernel - Re: [git patches] libata updates (mostly fixes)

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Message-ID: <20070216120312.GL13958@stusta.de>
Date:	Fri, 16 Feb 2007 13:03:12 +0100
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-ide@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [git patches] libata updates (mostly fixes)

On Thu, Feb 15, 2007 at 03:48:04PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> 
> On Thu, 15 Feb 2007, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> > 
> > diff --git a/arch/ia64/Kconfig b/arch/ia64/Kconfig
> > index db185f3..d51f0f1 100644
> > --- a/arch/ia64/Kconfig
> > +++ b/arch/ia64/Kconfig
> > @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ config IA64
> >  
> >  config 64BIT
> >  	bool
> > +	select ATA_NONSTANDARD if ATA
> >  	default y
> 
> Ok, this is just _strange_.
> 
> Tying ATA_NONSTANDARD into ia64 by tying it to the 64BIT config variable 
> may work (well, I _assume_ it does), but it's just psychedelic.
> 
> How about adding a separate config entry like
> 
> 	config IA64_ATA
> 		bool
> 		depends on ATA
> 		select ATA_NONSTANDARD
> 		default y
> 
> which kind of makes sense when you squint just the right way..


What about simply providing asm/libata-portmap.h on all architectures 
instead of this ATA_NONSTANDARD trickery?


> 		Linus

cu
Adrian

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