Re: [PATCH] IDE: don't offer IDE_GENERIC on ia64

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On 8/16/05, Alan Cox <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Maw, 2005-08-16 at 11:38 +0200, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> > * removing IDE_ARCH_OBSOLETE_INIT define has some implications,
> >   * non-functional ide-cs driver (but there is no PCMCIA on IA64?)
> 
> IA64 systems can support PCI->Cardbus/PCMCIA cards so they do actually
> need this support. They could also do with cardbus IDE support but that
> means a whole pile of patches still although the refcounting stuff means
> its a lot closer to doable now

Therefore we need to fix ide-cs driver first to get rid of ide_init_hwif_ports()
which should be trivial unless some PPC32 specific hooks need it
(ide_ppc_md.ide_init_hwif).

> >   * ordering change for ide-pnp interfaces in case of no IDE devices
> >     on default IDE PCI ports, (but there aren't any ide-pnp devices on IA64?)
> 
> No ISAPnP

Excellent!

Bartlomiej
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