Re: [PATCH 2.4.28-pre4-bk6] delkin_cb: new driver for Cardbus IDECF adaptor

[Mark Lord]

Okay, patch withdrawn.

I'll just apply it to my own kernels for my own use.

Whatever happended to the days when Linux *wanted* more
drivers and such?

Oh well..
--
Mark Lord
(hdparm keeper & the original "Linux IDE Guy")

Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> please also cc: linux-ide@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
> > An equivalent patch for 2.6.xx is being worked on.
>
>
> generally it should be like that: 2.6.x first, 2.4.x later
>
>
> > + *  This is slightly peculiar, in that it is a PCI driver,
> > + *  but is NOT an IDE PCI driver -- the IDE layer does not directly
> > + *  support hot insertion/removal of PCI interfaces, so this driver
> > + *  is unable to use the IDE PCI interfaces.  Instead, it uses the
> > + *  same interfaces as the ide-cs (PCMCIA) driver uses.
> > + *  On the plus side, the driver is also smaller/simpler this way.
>
>
> IDE layer doesn't support hot insertion/removal of _any_ interfaces
>
> ide_unregister() calls are not allowed unless somebody fixes locking
> (Alan fixed many issues but some more work is still needed)
>
> Bartlomiej
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