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Message-Id: <3tKKYB4QhRz9t1T@ozlabs.org>
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2016 23:04:13 +1100 (AEDT)
From: Michael Ellerman <patch-notifications@...erman.id.au>
To: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>,
linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
Cc: linux-ide@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
b.zolnierkie@...sung.com
Subject: Re: [RFT] powerpc: convert ppc6xx_defconfig to use libata PATA drivers
On Wed, 2016-03-02 at 15:50:27 UTC, 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 ppc6xx_defconfig to use libata PATA
> drivers.
>
> Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>
Applied to powerpc next, thanks.
https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/7f10fe36369068341aff05c067a786
cheers
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