Re: [PATCH 1/2] move host drivers for VLB IDE controllers tostaging/out

[Alan Cox]

On Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:27:08 +0100
Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [PATCH] move host drivers for VLB IDE controllers to staging/out
> 
> - they are for really old hardware that nobody has any longer
> - they all require 'magic' parameters to work
> - many controllers are also supported by pata_legacy driver
> 
> so move them to staging/out and schedule for removal in 2.6.36
> unless somebody steps in to work on them.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@xxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

When I actually tried some of the VLB bits while working on the
pata_legacy stuff it was clear these hadn't been maintained/used for a
very long time indeed. Most of them also are hacks doing stuff like fixed
mode settings.

However if the point of the old IDE code was as claimed to keep it as a
'stable' layer throwing chunks of it out doesn't strike me as in keeping
with the stated plan ...

Alan
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