From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752567AbcLLMzm (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Dec 2016 07:55:42 -0500 Received: from mailout2.samsung.com ([203.254.224.25]:38889 "EHLO mailout2.samsung.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752352AbcLLMzk (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Dec 2016 07:55:40 -0500 X-AuditID: cbfee61b-f796f6d000004092-f0-584e9bd07b2b From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz To: Sekhar Nori Cc: Kevin Hilman , Arnd Bergmann , linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, Russell King , Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, Olof Johansson Subject: Re: [RESEND PATCH] arm: assabet_defconfig: disable IDE subsystem Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2016 13:45:03 +0100 Message-id: <5370936.ZbqF1HU8Jz@amdc3058> User-Agent: KMail/4.13.3 (Linux/3.13.0-96-generic; KDE/4.13.3; x86_64; ; ) In-reply-to: <578CEB74.2080002@ti.com> References: <1467991490-24895-1-git-send-email-b.zolnierkie@samsung.com> <578CEB74.2080002@ti.com> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7Bit Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Brightmail-Tracker: H4sIAAAAAAAAA+NgFjrLIsWRmVeSWpSXmKPExsVy+t9jAd0Ls/0iDHbs0bX4O+kYu8WkJ++Z LX62b2Gy2PT4GqvFsR2PmCwu75rDZnH7Mq/F/t4NTBanrn9mc+D0aGnuYfP4/WsSo8f7G63s Hjtn3WX32Lyk3uPKiSZWj+M3tjN5fN4kF8AR5WaTkZqYklqkkJqXnJ+SmZduqxQa4qZroaSQ l5ibaqsUoesbEqSkUJaYUwrkGRmgAQfnAPdgJX27BLeMC/cuMhasEq84cOEsewPjXqEuRk4O CQETiQv/HzJB2GISF+6tZ+ti5OIQEljKKPGjcR4LhPOVUeJI/zKwKjYBK4mJ7asYQWwRAQWJ VVf2soIUMQssZpKYOvcKUBEHh7CAp8SGXzogNSwCqhKHzk0Aq+cV0JSYOWMCG4gtKuAlsWVf O9hMTgE1ieaOXlaIZU2MEp9W/GOCaBCU+DH5HguIzSwgL7Fv/1RWCFtLYv3O40wTGAVmISmb haRsFpKyBYzMqxglUguSC4qT0nON8lLL9YoTc4tL89L1kvNzNzGCo/KZ9A7Gw7vcDzEKcDAq 8fA6pPpGCLEmlhVX5h5ilOBgVhLh9ZnlFyHEm5JYWZValB9fVJqTWnyI0RTow4nMUqLJ+cCE kVcSb2hibmJubGBhbmlpYqQkzts4+1m4kEB6YklqdmpqQWoRTB8TB6dUA6PPtWU7QnzuPBH+ 9Ga2SUdx4xGODPUfateuV/3Y8mPJp48KaXzn4tK+qVz5uc6xdoPi2ZqHd/2f/g2X2MTz+IeS rbfc+tS8tL+bS3+p/G/kPH3roDJ/ucrCqOyIJYfcm+c//7zl18HwgwuMi0I3T1qRvfu34raf k5t2KHxuj5rRdKH5bqvW3NxXSizFGYmGWsxFxYkAZnCb2+ACAAA= X-MTR: 20000000000000000@CPGS Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi, On Monday, July 18, 2016 08:15:08 PM Sekhar Nori wrote: > On Friday 15 July 2016 08:45 PM, Kevin Hilman wrote: > > Arnd Bergmann writes: > > > >> On Wednesday, July 13, 2016 12:59:23 PM CEST Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > >>> > >>> On Friday, July 08, 2016 10:23:48 PM Arnd Bergmann wrote: > >>>> On Friday, July 8, 2016 5:24:41 PM CEST Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > >>>>> This patch disables deprecated IDE subsystem in assabet_defconfig > >>>>> (no IDE host drivers are selected in this config so there is no > >>>>> valid reason to enable IDE subsystem itself). > >>>>> > >>>>> Cc: Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov > >>>>> Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz > >>>> > >>>> I think the series makes a lot of sense. I have checked your assertions > >>>> in the changelogs and found no flaws in your logic, so I think we should > >>>> take them all through arm-soc unless there are other concerns. > >>> > >>> Thank you. > >>> > >>> Should I resend everything or just patches that were not reposted yet > >>> (the ones that were marked as RFT initially and got no feedback)? > >> > >> I'd be fine with just getting a pull request with all the patches that > >> had no negative feedback and that were not already applied (if any). > >> > >>>> Do you have a list of ARM defconfigs that keep using CONFIG_IDE and > >>>> how you determined that they need it? > >>> > >>> The only such defconfig is davinci_all_defconfig which uses > >>> palm_bk3710 host driver (CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PALMCHIP_BK3710). > >>> > >>>> I know that ARCH_RPC/ARCH_ACORN has a couple of special drivers that > >>>> have no libata replacement, are there any others like that, or are > >>>> they all platforms that should in theory work with libata but need > >>>> testing? > >>> > >>> All platforms except ARCH_ACORN, ARCH_DAVINCI & ARCH_RPC should work > >>> with libata. > >> > >> Adding Sekhar and Kevin for DaVinci: At first sight, palm_bk3710 looks > >> fairly straightforward (meaning someone has to do a few day's work) > >> to convert into a libata driver. > >> > >> As this is on on-chip controller that is part of a dm644x and dm646x, > >> it should also not be hard to test (as long as someone can find > >> a hard drive to plug in). > > > > I have a hard drive, but don't have any dm64xx hardware anymore to test > > this. My last working dm644x board died last year. > > I have a working DM6446 EVM. I was able to connect a hard drive to it > and do some basic tests with v4.6 kernel. > > I will look into converting the driver to libata. Might take some time > because this is unfamiliar territory for me. Do you need some help with it? I can provide you with draft driver patch if you want. I'm also on #kernel IRC channel in case you have some questions.. Best regards, -- Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz Samsung R&D Institute Poland Samsung Electronics