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Message-ID: <20151007173959.GC26187@blackmetal.musicnaut.iki.fi> Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2015 20:40:00 +0300 From: Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen@....fi> To: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com> Cc: linux-mips@...ux-mips.org, Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>, linux-ide@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Huacai Chen <chenhc@...ote.com> Subject: Re: [RFT PATCH] mips: lemote2f_defconfig: convert to use libata PATA drivers Hi, On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 05:51:47PM +0200, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > IDE subsystem has been deprecated since 2009 and the majority > (if not all) of Linux distributions have switched to use > libata for ATA support exclusively. However there are still > some users (mostly old or/and embedded non-x86 systems) that > have not converted from using IDE subsystem to libata PATA > drivers. This doesn't seem to be good thing in the long-term > for Linux as while there is less and less PATA systems left > in use: > > * testing efforts are divided between two subsystems > > * having duplicate drivers for same hardware confuses users > > This patch converts lemote2f_defconfig to use libata PATA > drivers. > > PS This platform uses CS5536 chipset which (due to historical > reasons) has basic support in AMD/nVidia PATA host driver and > full support in a newer CS5536 PATA one (pata_cs5536). Thus > most likely this platform should switch to using the latter > host driver. > > Cc: Huacai Chen <chenhc@...ote.com> > Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com> Maybe too late but: Tested-by: Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen@....fi> I also tested PATA_CS5536 and that works too, but it gives a slightly slower disk (27MB/s vs 33MB/s)... A. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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