From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751490AbVJZNQK (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Oct 2005 09:16:10 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751491AbVJZNQJ (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Oct 2005 09:16:09 -0400 Received: from dtp.xs4all.nl ([80.126.206.180]:4974 "HELO abra2.bitwizard.nl") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751490AbVJZNQI (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Oct 2005 09:16:08 -0400 Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 15:16:04 +0200 From: Erik Mouw To: Deven Balani Cc: Jeff Garzik , Alan Cox , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: reference code for non-PCI libata complaint SATA for ARM boards. Message-ID: <20051026131604.GA24567@harddisk-recovery.com> References: <7a37e95e0510250511g631db9edoe4c739ed24b7a79b@mail.gmail.com> <1130254633.25191.33.camel@localhost.localdomain> <435E6D55.7090903@pobox.com> <7a37e95e0510252258k621b46efj4d37c2ceed00dfeb@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <7a37e95e0510252258k621b46efj4d37c2ceed00dfeb@mail.gmail.com> Organization: Harddisk-recovery.com User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Oct 26, 2005 at 11:28:10AM +0530, Deven Balani wrote: > But I have a problem my other drivers are 2.4.25 compliant. So it is > a huge work > to make all other drivers 2.6 compliant and use libata-core.c. > I believe it is far more easier to have 2.4.x libata rather than > porting my drivers to > 2.6.x. Porting drivers to 2.6 isn't too hard. LWN has a nice tutorial, see http://lwn.net/Articles/driver-porting/ . > What do you suggest me ? Use 2.6, especially with new hardware. The 2.4 kernel on ARM is no longer supported, all development has moved to 2.6 almost two years ago. Erik -- +-- Erik Mouw -- www.harddisk-recovery.com -- +31 70 370 12 90 -- | Lab address: Delftechpark 26, 2628 XH, Delft, The Netherlands