From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1765463AbYBLVEt (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:04:49 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1765392AbYBLVEa (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:04:30 -0500 Received: from gate.crashing.org ([63.228.1.57]:56797 "EHLO gate.crashing.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1765384AbYBLVE2 (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:04:28 -0500 Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/18] ide: warm-plug support for IDE devices and other goodies From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Reply-To: benh@kernel.crashing.org To: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org In-Reply-To: <1202460043.7079.157.camel@pasglop> References: <20080208004421.17746.32557.sendpatchset@localhost.localdomain> <1202460043.7079.157.camel@pasglop> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 08:04:07 +1100 Message-Id: <1202850247.7410.24.camel@pasglop> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.12.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 2008-02-08 at 19:40 +1100, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > On Fri, 2008-02-08 at 01:44 +0100, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > > - couple of fixes and preparatory patches > > > > - rework of PowerMac media-bay support ([un]register IDE devices instead of > > [un]registering IDE interface) [ it is the main reason for spamming PPC ML ] > > Interesting... I was thinking about doing a full remove of the device at > a higher level instead but I suppose what you propose is easier. > > I'll have a look & test next week hopefully. Also, the above would have the advantage of not relying on drivers/ide infrastructure, and thus working with libata (once somebody has ported pmac ide to libata). Ben.