Re: [PATCH 08/27] ata: remove palmld pata driver

From: Damien Le Moal
Date: Fri Jan 06 2023 - 01:25:55 EST


On 1/5/23 22:46, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
>
> The PXA palmld machine was removed, so the pata driver is no
> longer used and can be removed. There is a chance that some of
> this code might be useful for turning some of the other PXA
> PCMCIA host drivers into PATA drivers, but it's clear that
> it would not work unmodified, and it seems unlikely that
> someone would do this work.
>
> Cc: Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Damien Le Moal <damien.lemoal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Sergey Shtylyov <s.shtylyov@xxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-ide@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Damien Le Moal <damien.lemoal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Feel free to queue this through your tree. Thanks !

> ---
> drivers/ata/Kconfig | 9 ---
> drivers/ata/Makefile | 1 -
> drivers/ata/pata_palmld.c | 137 --------------------------------------
> 3 files changed, 147 deletions(-)
> delete mode 100644 drivers/ata/pata_palmld.c
>
> diff --git a/drivers/ata/Kconfig b/drivers/ata/Kconfig
> index e4d9e39b08dd..4aafb75bf0c3 100644
> --- a/drivers/ata/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/ata/Kconfig
> @@ -1082,15 +1082,6 @@ config PATA_OPTI
>
> If unsure, say N.
>
> -config PATA_PALMLD
> - tristate "Palm LifeDrive PATA support"
> - depends on MACH_PALMLD
> - help
> - This option enables support for Palm LifeDrive's internal ATA
> - port via the new ATA layer.
> -
> - If unsure, say N.
> -
> config PATA_PCMCIA
> tristate "PCMCIA PATA support"
> depends on PCMCIA
> diff --git a/drivers/ata/Makefile b/drivers/ata/Makefile
> index 0a863e7f3c60..4ee5c0761d90 100644
> --- a/drivers/ata/Makefile
> +++ b/drivers/ata/Makefile
> @@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_PATA_MPIIX) += pata_mpiix.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_PATA_NS87410) += pata_ns87410.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_PATA_OPTI) += pata_opti.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_PATA_PCMCIA) += pata_pcmcia.o
> -obj-$(CONFIG_PATA_PALMLD) += pata_palmld.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_PATA_PLATFORM) += pata_platform.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_PATA_OF_PLATFORM) += pata_of_platform.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_PATA_RB532) += pata_rb532_cf.o
> diff --git a/drivers/ata/pata_palmld.c b/drivers/ata/pata_palmld.c
> deleted file mode 100644
> index 51caa2a427dd..000000000000

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Damien Le Moal
Western Digital Research