linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] Introduce HAVE_IDE to support flexible IDE per arch configuration

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Message-ID: <20080207215421.GJ28435@flint.arm.linux.org.uk>
Date:	Thu, 7 Feb 2008 21:54:21 +0000
From:	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>
To:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-ide@...r.kernel.org,
	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC] Introduce HAVE_IDE to support flexible IDE per arch configuration

On Thu, Feb 07, 2008 at 10:42:56PM +0100, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> Following patch introduce HAVE_IDE to support flexible per
> arch or even per. sub-arch configuration of IDE support.
> This patch is needed to allow arm to use the generic
> drivers/Kconfig file.
> 
> Introducing HAVE_IDE so each arch explicit select HAVE_IDE
> if supported allowed us to get rid of HAS_IOMEM which
> is anyway overloaded.
> And doing it this way is a much better way to document which
> architectures that supports IDE.
> Furthermore the decision if IDE is supported or not is
> distributed.
> Consider seeing this all over:
> 
> -if PCMCIA || ARCH_CLPS7500 || ARCH_IOP32X || ARCH_IOP33X || ARCH_IXP4XX \
> -       || ARCH_L7200 || ARCH_LH7A40X || ARCH_PXA || ARCH_RPC \
> -       || ARCH_S3C2410 || ARCH_SA1100 || ARCH_SHARK || FOOTBRIDGE \
> -       || ARCH_IXP23XX
>  source "drivers/ide/Kconfig"
> -endif
> 
> Only s390 and um does not support IDE from my quick
> investigation, if there are others let me know.
> [Added linux-arch to catch all arch maintainers].
> 
> Comments?

Acked-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@....linux.org.uk>
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