Re: [PATCH 1/1] ide: ide-generic, add another device exception

On Friday 08 June 2007, Alan Cox wrote:
> On Fri, 8 Jun 2007 14:18:55 +0200
> Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > On Monday 04 June 2007, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> > > ide-generic, add another device exception
> > 
> > ide-generic is a generic ISA IDE driver, this one is drivers/ide/pci/generic
> > (a generic IDE PCI driver) - fixed patch description to avoid confusion.
> 
> Nope ide-generic is a generic I/O based ST506 interface. It covers a bit
> more than just ISA bus.

If so then can we finally get rid of hd.c?

> > [ Yes, both drivers need a rename - patches are welcomed. ]
> 
> Good way to break everyones module settings

MODULE_ALIAS() should cover this up nicely.

Thanks,
Bart
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