From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757071AbYKQMN7 (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Nov 2008 07:13:59 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753939AbYKQMNq (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Nov 2008 07:13:46 -0500 Received: from fmmailgate01.web.de ([217.72.192.221]:50787 "EHLO fmmailgate01.web.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753916AbYKQMNo (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Nov 2008 07:13:44 -0500 From: "=?ISO-8859-15?Q?Manfred_Preu=DFig?=" To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:13:59 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Just a small question on new kernels Message-ID: <49216E17.32742.2039A2@PreussigM.web.de> X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (4.41, DE v4.41 R1) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-description: Mail message body X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX19slE2gN7Mgm77C++we5ma/cUBcbK5SKTKSoZng djxeEEg0E9ZWX5Cz3Wgg4eilNNUpYv3SUSDnDmzZsxhbQJndqe WNPBHZgZk= Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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