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Date:	Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:15:34 +0200
From:	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
To:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
Cc:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>, linux-ide@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-pcmcia@...ts.infradead.org,
	Russell King <rmk@....linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] PCMCIA mustn't select HAVE_IDE

On Monday 14 April 2008, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 05:16:59PM +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > It's plain wrong for PCMCIA to select HAVE_IDE that implies e.g. the 
> > availability of an asm/ide.h
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
> > 
> > ---
> > 9cdb66112488bc0c6e1d528444d3ba30d5b0487f diff --git a/drivers/pcmcia/Kconfig b/drivers/pcmcia/Kconfig
> > index 8b22281..519b4ff 100644
> > --- a/drivers/pcmcia/Kconfig
> > +++ b/drivers/pcmcia/Kconfig
> > @@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ config PCMCIA_DEBUG
> >  config PCMCIA
> >  	tristate "16-bit PCMCIA support"
> >  	select CRC32
> > -	select HAVE_IDE
> >  	default y
> 
> I did this when introducing HAVE_IDE.
> But I do not recall why and the rationale for removing it
> seems fine to me.

IIRC it was needed for some arm platforms which don't select HAVE_IDE
explicetely but I don't know if this is still the case, pinging Russell.

> So patch looks good - but I have not investigated in detail.
> 
> 	Sam
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