linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] m68k/mac: Replace macide driver with generic platform driver

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Date:   Mon, 26 Apr 2021 09:48:34 +0200
From:   John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@...sik.fu-berlin.de>
To:     Finn Thain <fthain@...tmail.com.au>
Cc:     Finn Thain <fthain@...egraphics.com.au>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        Michael Schmitz <schmitzmic@...il.com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Joshua Thompson <funaho@...ai.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-ide@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] m68k/mac: Replace macide driver with generic platform
 driver

On 4/26/21 9:37 AM, Finn Thain wrote:> If you enable CONFIG_IDE and CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PLATFORM, Quadras and 
> Powerbooks will use the kernel/drivers/ide/ide_platform.ko module.
> 
> If you enable CONFIG_ATA and CONFIG_PATA_PLATFORM, Quadras and
> Powerbooks will use the kernel/drivers/ata/pata_platform.ko module.
> 
> (If you enable all of the above, you may need to use a blacklist to ensure 
> that the preferred driver module gets loaded.)
> 
> Was macide the only IDE driver in Debian/m68k kernels without a libata 
> alternative? If so, this patch would allow you to finally drop CONFIG_IDE.

That's great to hear. It means that systems using the Mac IDE drivers will
survive the legacy IDE removal if it ever comes.

So, thanks a lot for addressing this!

Adrian

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