linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] [ide] mmio ide support

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Date:	Tue, 10 Jul 2007 13:49:36 -0500
From:	linas@...tin.ibm.com (Linas Vepstas)
To:	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
Cc:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, linuxppc-dev@...abs.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-ide@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] [ide] mmio ide support

On Sun, Jul 08, 2007 at 03:15:41PM +0200, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> 
> > on the argument that drivers/ide/ is going away soon. Most
> > current distros have already moved over to using libata
> > exclusively.
> 
> The in-kernel default for PATA systems is still IDE subsystem.

In part because libata still does not yet work correctly 
for at least some (older) ide chipsets (like mine).

--linas
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