linux-kernel - Re: [RFT PATCH] arm: collie_defconfig: convert to use libata PATA drivers

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Message-id: <2391832.J7vu9NK7zC@amdc1976>
Date:	Thu, 04 Feb 2016 15:15:19 +0100
From:	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>
To:	Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov <dbaryshkov@...il.com>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>
Cc:	linux-arm-kernel <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	linux-ide@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [RFT PATCH] arm: collie_defconfig: convert to use libata PATA
 drivers


Hi,

On Friday, August 14, 2015 08:25:45 PM Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov wrote:
> 2015-08-14 20:04 GMT+03:00 Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>:
> > 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 collie_defconfig to use libata PATA
> > drivers.
> >
> > Cc: Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov <dbaryshkov@...il.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>
> 
> Acked-by: Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov <dbaryshkov@...il.com>

Thank you.

Arnd/Olof, could you please merge this patch?

Best regards,
--
Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
Samsung R&D Institute Poland
Samsung Electronics