linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] Use libata platform drivers to replace deprecated m68k IDE drivers

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Date:   Wed, 9 Jun 2021 13:53:27 +1000 (AEST)
From:   Finn Thain <fthain@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Michael Schmitz <schmitzmic@...il.com>
cc:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Joshua Thompson <funaho@...ai.org>, linux-ide@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org,
        Richard Zidlicky <rz@...ux-m68k.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] Use libata platform drivers to replace deprecated
 m68k IDE drivers

On Wed, 9 Jun 2021, Michael Schmitz wrote:

> please note that Finn's patch depends on one of mine currently under review.
> Without that one, Q40 support may break in certain cases.
> 

AFAIK, that's only true for a configuration that enables both CONFIG_Q40 
and CONFIG_ATARI. In my tests with stock v5.12, such a configuration 
presently doesn't work correctly on Atari.

This patch series doesn't make this issue any worse.

Besides, I think it is a non-issue because the problem is so rare that 
no-one noticed it before I did, and the workaround for CONFIG_Q40 users is 
trivial anyway (disable CONFIG_ATARI).

Is there really some benefit in holding up this patch series?