On Thu, 2002-08-22 at 00:32, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> PAUL BENNETT wrote:
> > I am looking for documentation regarding the 2.5 IDE rewrite. For example:
> > What are the goals for 2.5. What is the implementation plan? What were the
> > problems in 2.4, and how will they be fixed in 2.5, etc?
>
> <chuckle> I wish :)
>
> I imagine it will happen like most things happen, Linus describes his
> ideas and goals and wishes in a few lkml posts, and eventually something
> like it happens :)
I can try, my working list approximates this (ignoring the 2.5
porting/block I/O stuff which is a chapter in itself)
Phase #1 (mostly complete)
Merge Andre's current code [DONE]
Remove all the bogus code from the PCI drivers [90% DONE]
Move all the drivers seperate from the core code [DONE]
Migrate the PCI drivers to a registration API and allow insmod
Fix bugs arising from the first bits of phase 1
Phase #2
Deal with insmod of a device currently running as legacy
Fix up the locking ready to allow rmmod of a pci driver
Allow rmmod and hotplug at the controller level
Phase #3
Complete splitting setup-pci functions into smaller bits of code
and replace deep magic and callbacks with functions called from
each driver. Get all the if device==foo out of the PCI code paths
Phase #4
Do something about the ide_register/unregister end of the world
and legacy chipset stuff. The PPC folks may tackle this in
advance
Get us to the point we can foo = ide_attach(); ide_remove(foo)
for arbitary interfaces
And then (when the setup is turned the right way out and not before)
begin looking at turning the actual block I/O engine the right way out.
(That is driver calls helpers not midlayer and magic)
That should allow us to keep solid stable IDE along the way.
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