linux-kernel - Re: [RFT] powerpc: convert g5_defconfig to use libata PATA drivers

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Message-Id: <3tKKY434mdz9tlB@ozlabs.org>
Date:   Thu, 17 Nov 2016 23:04:08 +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 g5_defconfig to use libata PATA drivers

On Wed, 2016-03-02 at 15:50:21 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 g5_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/b10fd396376c9b1b1f5b0a3980b487

cheers