linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] AHCI: Remove obsolete Intel Lewisburg SATA RAID device IDs

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Message-ID: <20160228131646.GK3965@htj.duckdns.org>
Date:	Sun, 28 Feb 2016 08:16:46 -0500
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc:	scott.lawson@...el.com, linux-ide@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] AHCI: Remove obsolete Intel Lewisburg SATA RAID device
 IDs

Hello,

On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 05:10:03AM -0800, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 06:18:55AM -0500, Tejun Heo wrote:
> > On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 12:51:54AM -0800, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > > On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 10:09:52AM -0800, scott.lawson@...el.com wrote:
> > > > From: Scott Lawson <scott.lawson@...el.com>
> > > > 
> > > > These PCI device IDs have been removed from the Intel Lewisburg design
> > > > specification. They are no longer needed.
> > > 
> > > Let's keep them just in case..
> > 
> > Out of curiosity, any specific reasons to do so?
> 
> If it's been added to the driver I'd expect at least prototype hardware
> to already be out there.

I see.  Scott, can you please clarify the situation?

Thanks.

-- 
tejun