Just a small question on new kernels

Just a small question on new kernels

[Manfred Preußig]

Hello,
since I haven't a subscription yet for the list please send all 
answers to me in addition. 

I only want to know one thing: Is there any plan to 'let the older 
ide driver die' in kernel or have they done it at all yet? I use an 
ide disk with more than 15 partitions due to historic reasons and 
don't want to change this. With the kernel I use at the moment I can 
add a kernel param (hwprobe=-modules.pata) to prevent the newer 
driver from handling the disk and so it works but what's about newer 
kernels and what is planned for the future?

many thanks for any answer (or a link to an answer I overlooked in 
archive or FAQ)

Manfred Preussig 

Re: Just a small question on new kernels

[Kay Sievers]

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On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 13:13, Manfred Preußig <PreussigM@web.de> wrote:> since I haven't a subscription yet for the list please send all> answers to me in addition.>> I only want to know one thing: Is there any plan to 'let the older> ide driver die' in kernel or have they done it at all yet? I use an> ide disk with more than 15 partitions due to historic reasons and> don't want to change this. With the kernel I use at the moment I can> add a kernel param (hwprobe=-modules.pata) to prevent the newer> driver from handling the disk and so it works but what's about newer> kernels and what is planned for the future?>> many thanks for any answer (or a link to an answer I overlooked in> archive or FAQ)
sd* block devices, or libata drivers will not have a limit on partitions:  http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=3e1a7ff8a0a7b948f2684930166954f9e8e776fe
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