From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932730AbVHPVVl (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Aug 2005 17:21:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932727AbVHPVVl (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Aug 2005 17:21:41 -0400 Received: from clock-tower.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:1732 "EHLO localhost.localdomain") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932725AbVHPVVk (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Aug 2005 17:21:40 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH] IDE: don't offer IDE_GENERIC on ia64 From: Alan Cox To: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz Cc: Bjorn Helgaas , B.Zolnierkiewicz@elka.pw.edu.pl, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <58cb370e050816134270b445ea@mail.gmail.com> References: <200508111424.43150.bjorn.helgaas@hp.com> <200508151507.22776.bjorn.helgaas@hp.com> <58cb370e050816023845b57a74@mail.gmail.com> <200508161316.32602.bjorn.helgaas@hp.com> <1124223946.22924.4.camel@localhost.localdomain> <58cb370e050816134270b445ea@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 22:48:43 +0100 Message-Id: <1124228924.22924.8.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.2 (2.2.2-5) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Maw, 2005-08-16 at 22:42 +0200, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > IMO this is much better solution as: > * you go from working code into small steps (evolution) If there was working code to go from maybe. The IDE core code is far too broken for that to be the case. The drivers are different matter although the driver API is fundamentally flawed because it handles speed changing in a synchronous manner. > * it shouldn't be that hard - I have many parts of the stuff > done (they need some polishing) Fair enough. Be good to see the core IDE get better whichever path