linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Work around breakage introduced in pata

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Date:	Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:36:29 +0000
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Guennadi Liakhovetski <g.liakhovetski@....de>
Cc:	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>, Tim Ellis <tim@...dg.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Work around breakage introduced in pata_sil680 by
 switching it to MMIO

On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:31:19 +0100 (CET)
Guennadi Liakhovetski <g.liakhovetski@....de> wrote:

> pata_sil680 is broken on Linkstation amd Kurobox HG machines since 2.6.24. 
> Work around the breakage until a real fix is found.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Guennadi Liakhovetski <g.liakhovetski@....de>

Just disable the mmio patch on all systems - we know it doesn't work, we
know what work needs to be done, it should remain off for everyone until
that work is done. It should never have been merged in the first place
and I think my statement to that effect has been proven nicely.

Alan
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