On Mon, Jul 06, 2009 at 01:02:54PM +0200, Michael Biebl wrote: > Package: linux-2.6 > Severity: normal > > Hi, > > currently the Debian linux package explicitly disables libata for > ata_piix via > debian/patches/debian/drivers-ata-ata_piix-postpone-pata.patch. > which means that the old IDE subsystem is used for this chipset. > I'd like to see this patch removed, so libata is used by default.
I would like to see this as well. Most other distributions have already switched to the new system and it's a bit silly to have two subystems loaded on a modern laptop when both devices (SATA HDD, PATA DVD) can be supported by just one subsystem (it reduces the amount of code running on the system). -- Julian Andres Klode - Free Software Developer Debian Developer - Contributing Member of SPI Ubuntu Member - Fellow of FSFE Website: http://jak-linux.org/ XMPP: [email protected] Debian: http://www.debian.org/ SPI: http://www.spi-inc.org/ Ubuntu: http://www.ubuntu.com/ FSFE: http://www.fsfe.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
