Re: [PATCH] dt-bindings: ata: Add 'ata-generic' binding

From: Linus Walleij
Date: Mon Oct 17 2022 - 06:38:02 EST


On Tue, Oct 11, 2022 at 4:00 PM Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The 'ata-generic' binding has been around since 2008, but never
> documented.
>
> Cc: Alexander Shiyan <shc_work@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> AFAICT, the ata-generic,use16bit property has no effect in Linux. The
> 32-bit transfers fallback to 16-bit if ATA_PFLAG_PIO32 flag is not set
> which it doesn't appear to ever be set. Looking at the history, the
> driver always used 16-bit mode.
>
> Linus, Okay with being maintainer here?

Yeah one more or less :)
But ATA was never my strong card. What about Sergey Semin?
He surely seems to be on top of ATA stuff. Or add us both.

Yours,
Linus Walleij