linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/10] alpha: use libata instead of the legacy ide driver

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Date:   Thu, 18 Mar 2021 08:54:49 +0100
From:   John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@...sik.fu-berlin.de>
To:     Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        Richard Henderson <rth@...ddle.net>,
        Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@...assic.park.msu.ru>,
        Matt Turner <mattst88@...il.com>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        linux-ide@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-alpha@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org, linux-mips@...r.kernel.org,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/10] alpha: use libata instead of the legacy ide driver

Hi Al!

On 3/18/21 6:54 AM, Al Viro wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 18, 2021 at 05:56:57AM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>> Switch the alpha defconfig from the legacy ide driver to libata.
> 
> Umm...  I don't have an IDE alpha box in a usable shape (fans on
> CPU module shat themselves), and it would take a while to resurrect
> it, but I remember the joy it used to cause in some versions.
> 
> Do you have reports of libata variants of drivers actually tested on
> those?

At least pata_cypress works fine on my AlphaStation XP1000:

root@...nami:~> lspci
0000:00:07.0 ISA bridge: Contaq Microsystems 82c693
0000:00:07.1 IDE interface: Contaq Microsystems 82c693
0000:00:07.2 IDE interface: Contaq Microsystems 82c693
0000:00:07.3 USB controller: Contaq Microsystems 82c693
0000:00:0d.0 VGA compatible controller: Texas Instruments TVP4020 [Permedia 2] (rev 01)
0001:01:03.0 Ethernet controller: Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21142/43 (rev 41)
0001:01:06.0 SCSI storage controller: QLogic Corp. ISP1020 Fast-wide SCSI (rev 06)
0001:01:08.0 PCI bridge: Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21152 (rev 03)
0001:02:09.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82541PI Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 05)
root@...nami:~> lsmod|grep pata
pata_cypress            3595  3
libata                235071  2 ata_generic,pata_cypress
root@...nami:~>

I also have two AlphaStation 233 currently in storage which I assume use
different IDE chipset which I could test as well.

Adrian

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