linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] pata_pcmcia: add EBSA110's PCMCIA slot support

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Date:   Fri, 17 Mar 2017 09:39:00 -0400
From:   Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:     Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>
Cc:     Russell King <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>,
        Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>,
        Sekhar Nori <nsekhar@...com>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov <dbaryshkov@...il.com>,
        Kevin Hilman <khilman@...libre.com>,
        Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>, linux-ide@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pata_pcmcia: add EBSA110's PCMCIA slot support

Hello,

On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 12:59:56PM +0100, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> There is no support for this device in the upstream ide driver but
> Russell has a hacky patch to make it work by redefining inb()/outb()
> operations globally for the whole ide subsystem, please see:
> 
> https://www.spinics.net/lists/arm-kernel/msg567454.html

Well, that mail says that the hardware is a museum piece.  What's the
point here?  This can't even be tested, can it?

Thanks.

-- 
tejun