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 - have been replaced by their corresponding libata PATA host 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
