Re: [RFC][DOC] writing IDE driver guidelines

From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
Date: Sun May 16 2004 - 14:32:41 EST


On Sunday 16 of May 2004 02:51, Marc Singer wrote:
> On Sat, May 15, 2004 at 07:58:03PM +0200, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> > > > - host drivers should request/release IO resource
> > > > themelves and set hwif->mmio to 2
> > >
> > > Don't you mean, hwif->mmio==2 for MMIO hardware?
> >
> > It is was historically for MMIO, now it means that driver
> > handles IO resource itself (per comment in <linux/ide.h>).
>
> If you are talking about this
>
> int mmio; /* hosts iomio (0) or custom (2)
> select
>
> do you really think that's enough?

No and I didn't say this. I tried to describe current state of affairs.
Don't blame me for cryptic comments in <linux/ide.h>.

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