From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932427AbcLHNmS (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Dec 2016 08:42:18 -0500 Received: from mailout1.samsung.com ([203.254.224.24]:47606 "EHLO mailout1.samsung.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932378AbcLHNmR (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Dec 2016 08:42:17 -0500 X-AuditID: cbfee61b-f796f6d000004092-ed-584963369f0c From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz To: "David S. Miller" Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Tejun Heo , Alan Cox , Sergei Shtylyov Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 00/19] ide: remove deprecated host drivers (part 1) Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2016 14:42:12 +0100 Message-id: <3280015.pSoKvQuVNQ@amdc3058> User-Agent: KMail/4.13.3 (Linux/3.13.0-96-generic; KDE/4.13.3; x86_64; ; ) In-reply-to: <3317462.LGzQYRpeb4@amdc1976> References: <1454593456-3162-1-git-send-email-b.zolnierkie@samsung.com> <3317462.LGzQYRpeb4@amdc1976> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7Bit Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Brightmail-Tracker: H4sIAAAAAAAAA+NgFtrIIsWRmVeSWpSXmKPExsVy+t9jAV2zZM8Ig8s/jS3mnG9hsZg05S+b xbEdj5gsLu+aw2ZxZtUtdotfy48yOrB5PJj6n8ljy8qbTB6bVnWyebSe3MTq8XmTXABrlJtN RmpiSmqRQmpecn5KZl66rVJoiJuuhZJCXmJuqq1ShK5vSJCSQlliTimQZ2SABhycA9yDlfTt EtwybgEtLVikXvH7/QH2BsZvcl2MnBwSAiYS8/suMkLYYhIX7q1n62Lk4hASWMoo0b+ykR3C +coosfLVc3aQKjYBK4mJ7avAOkQEtCXWHehhBSliFtjOKLH32EawImEBb4n/Z68wgdgsAqoS zQd+sYDYvAKaEq+vfAKLiwp4SWzZ1w5mcwpoSXS0b2EFsYUE0iVWXZrCBFEvKPFj8j2wXmYB eYl9+6eyQthaEut3HmeawCgwC0nZLCRls5CULWBkXsUokVqQXFCclJ5rlJdarlecmFtcmpeu l5yfu4kRHF3PpHcwHt7lfohRgINRiYfXYatHhBBrYllxZe4hRgkOZiUR3pREzwghIFlZlVqU H19UmpNafIjRFOjBicxSosn5wMjPK4k3NDE3MTc2sDC3tDQxUhLnbZz9LBzopcSS1OzU1ILU Ipg+Jg5OqQbGjJ2KjEFXL+V/ZhULjz3y6YF5TEVu9M9pPPPYxfj4RNdHBrmp6F79vu2lusCG i+q8V0I+rhI/1PdKIKrc5thnNpML3rO3q/2/sj/7rU9oWlOs3hVb0eQ9SzhY7f97ZJcGpq3u Km9xvXviU7O7/qLXKx7kX9mlJv4rQshk/jeu9uIbF10uvJ+vxFKckWioxVxUnAgAcaJLYMQC AAA= X-MTR: 20000000000000000@CPGS Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi, On Friday, July 08, 2016 07:07:46 PM Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > > Hi Dave, > > What is your opinion on this patchset? Ping.. since there was no negative (or any other) feedback I think that this can be put into -next for some wider exposure.. Best regards, -- Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz Samsung R&D Institute Poland Samsung Electronics > Best regards, > -- > Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz > Samsung R&D Institute Poland > Samsung Electronics > > On Thursday, February 04, 2016 02:43:57 PM Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > > Hi, > > > > IDE subsystem has been deprecated since 2009 and the majority > > (if not all) of Linux distributions have switched to use > > libata for ATA support exclusively. > > > > This patchset removes IDE host drivers that: > > - have been replaced by their corresponding libata PATA host > > drivers (which have been available since 2006/2007) > > - are not used by any defconfig > > > > Having duplicated drivers for the same hardware doesn't seem > > to be good thing in the long-term perspective for Linux as > > - testing efforts are divided between two drivers/subsystems > > (while there is less and less PATA systems left in use) > > - having two drivers for the same hardware confuses users > > > > Please note that all the hardware supported by IDE host drivers > > nominated for removal remains supported by correspoding libata > > PATA host drivers. > > > > PS If this patchset is accepted I would like to continue > > removal of IDE host drivers in part 2 which will happen after > > remaining defconfigs which still are using IDE host drivers > > get converted to use corresponding libata PATA host drivers. > > > > Best regards, > > -- > > Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz > > Samsung R&D Institute Poland > > Samsung Electronics > > > > > > Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz (19): > > ide: remove deprecated atiixp host driver > > ide: remove deprecated cs5520 host driver > > ide: remove deprecated cs5530 host driver > > ide: remove deprecated cs5535 host driver > > ide: remove deprecated cs5536 host driver > > ide: remove deprecated sc1200 host driver > > ide: remove deprecated delkin_cb host driver > > ide: remove deprecated it8213 host driver > > ide: remove deprecated it821x host driver > > ide: remove deprecated jmicron host driver > > ide: remove deprecated opti621 host driver > > ide: remove deprecated pdc202xx_old host driver > > ide: remove deprecated rz1000 host driver > > ide: remove deprecated serverworks host driver > > ide: remove deprecated sis5513 host driver > > ide: remove deprecated slc90e66 host driver > > ide: remove deprecated triflex host driver > > ide: remove deprecated ide-pnp host driver > > ide: remove deprecated icside host driver > > > > drivers/ide/Kconfig | 200 +------------ > > drivers/ide/Makefile | 19 -- > > drivers/ide/atiixp.c | 211 ------------- > > drivers/ide/cs5520.c | 168 ----------- > > drivers/ide/cs5530.c | 295 ------------------- > > drivers/ide/cs5535.c | 219 -------------- > > drivers/ide/cs5536.c | 306 ------------------- > > drivers/ide/delkin_cb.c | 181 ------------ > > drivers/ide/icside.c | 691 ------------------------------------------- > > drivers/ide/ide-pnp.c | 100 ------- > > drivers/ide/it8213.c | 216 -------------- > > drivers/ide/it821x.c | 715 --------------------------------------------- > > drivers/ide/jmicron.c | 176 ----------- > > drivers/ide/opti621.c | 178 ----------- > > drivers/ide/pdc202xx_old.c | 361 ----------------------- > > drivers/ide/rz1000.c | 99 ------- > > drivers/ide/sc1200.c | 355 ---------------------- > > drivers/ide/serverworks.c | 449 ---------------------------- > > drivers/ide/sis5513.c | 636 ---------------------------------------- > > drivers/ide/slc90e66.c | 181 ------------ > > drivers/ide/triflex.c | 155 ---------- > > 21 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 5909 deletions(-) > > delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/atiixp.c > > delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/cs5520.c > > delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/cs5530.c > > delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/cs5535.c > > delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/cs5536.c > > delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/delkin_cb.c > > delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/icside.c > > delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/ide-pnp.c > > delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/it8213.c > > delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/it821x.c > > delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/jmicron.c > > delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/opti621.c > > delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/pdc202xx_old.c > > delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/rz1000.c > > delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/sc1200.c > > delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/serverworks.c > > delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/sis5513.c > > delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/slc90e66.c > > delete mode 100644 drivers/ide/triflex.c