linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] ata: allow subsystem to be used on m68k arch

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Message-id: <3484511.F6TxDiWTi4@amdc3058>
Date:   Fri, 30 Dec 2016 18:14:36 +0100
From:   Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc:     Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        Michael Schmitz <schmitzmic@...il.com>,
        linux-ide@...r.kernel.org, linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] ata: allow subsystem to be used on m68k arch


Hi,

On Friday, December 30, 2016 06:12:49 AM Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 30, 2016 at 03:01:16PM +0100, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> > When libata was merged m68k lacked IOMAP support.  This has not been
> > true for a long time now so allow subsystem to be used on m68k.
> 
> Is that dependency needed at all anymore?  What exact functionality
> is missing on m32r and s390?

* m32r: I don't know why it was restricted but it builds fine nowadays
  (I will fix it later in incremental patch)

* s390: no PATA hardware, legacy IDE subsystem is also not supported

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