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Re: [RFT PATCH] arm: collie_defconfig: convert to use libata PATA drivers

From	Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov <dbaryshkov@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [RFT PATCH] arm: collie_defconfig: convert to use libata PATA drivers
Date	2015-08-14 19:30 +0200
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2015-08-14 20:04 GMT+03:00 Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@samsung.com>:
> 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.  However there are still
> some users (mostly old or/and embedded non-x86 systems) that
> have not converted from using IDE subsystem to libata PATA
> drivers.  This doesn't seem to be good thing in the long-term
> for Linux as while there is less and less PATA systems left
> in use:
>
> * testing efforts are divided between two subsystems
>
> * having duplicate drivers for same hardware confuses users
>
> This patch converts collie_defconfig to use libata PATA
> drivers.
>
> Cc: Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov <dbaryshkov@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@samsung.com>

Acked-by: Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov <dbaryshkov@gmail.com>


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Dmitry
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  [RFT PATCH] arm: h3600_defconfig: convert to use libata PATA drivers Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@samsung.com> - 2015-08-14 19:10 +0200
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    Re: [RFT PATCH] arm: omap1_defconfig: convert to use libata PATA  drivers Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com> - 2015-08-17 08:40 +0200
  [PATCH] arm: trizeps4_defconfig: disable IDE subsystem Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@samsung.com> - 2015-08-14 19:10 +0200
  [RFT PATCH] arm: spitz_defconfig: convert to use libata PATA drivers Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@samsung.com> - 2015-08-14 19:10 +0200
  [PATCH] arm: mainstone_defconfig: disable IDE subsystem Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@samsung.com> - 2015-08-14 19:10 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] arm: mainstone_defconfig: disable IDE subsystem Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@free.fr> - 2015-08-14 21:20 +0200
  [PATCH] arm: badge4_defconfig: disable IDE subsystem Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@samsung.com> - 2015-08-14 19:10 +0200
  [RFT PATCH] arm: corgi_defconfig: convert to use libata PATA drivers Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@samsung.com> - 2015-08-14 19:10 +0200
  [PATCH] arm: pxa255-idp_defconfig: disable IDE subsystem Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@samsung.com> - 2015-08-14 19:10 +0200
  [PATCH] arm: colibri_pxa270_defconfig: disable IDE subsystem Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@samsung.com> - 2015-08-14 19:10 +0200
  [PATCH] arm: shannon_defconfig: disable IDE subsystem Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@samsung.com> - 2015-08-14 19:10 +0200
  [PATCH] arm: lart_defconfig: disable IDE subsystem Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@samsung.com> - 2015-08-14 19:10 +0200
  [PATCH] arm: footbridge_defconfig: disable IDE subsystem Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@samsung.com> - 2015-08-14 19:20 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] arm: footbridge_defconfig: disable IDE subsystem Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm.linux.org.uk> - 2015-08-14 19:50 +0200
      Re: [PATCH] arm: footbridge_defconfig: disable IDE subsystem Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@samsung.com> - 2015-08-14 20:10 +0200
        Re: [PATCH] arm: footbridge_defconfig: disable IDE subsystem Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm.linux.org.uk> - 2015-08-14 20:50 +0200
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  [PATCH] arm: lpda270_defconfig: disable IDE subsystem Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@samsung.com> - 2015-08-14 19:20 +0200
  [RFT PATCH] arm: ixp4xx_defconfig: convert to use libata PATA drivers Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@samsung.com> - 2015-08-14 19:20 +0200
  [PATCH] arm: assabet_defconfig: disable IDE subsystem Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@samsung.com> - 2015-08-14 19:20 +0200
  [RFT PATCH] arm: collie_defconfig: convert to use libata PATA drivers Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@samsung.com> - 2015-08-14 19:20 +0200
    Re: [RFT PATCH] arm: collie_defconfig: convert to use libata PATA drivers Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov <dbaryshkov@gmail.com> - 2015-08-14 19:30 +0200

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