Re: [PATCH v2] ata: add AMD Seattle platform driver

From: Tejun Heo
Date: Fri Mar 18 2016 - 16:19:47 EST


Hello,

On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 01:36:40PM -0500, Brijesh Singh wrote:
> > It's your call in the end. My main objection is to the fact that
> > I have suggested a clean implementation for the normal DT based
> > path that also fixes existing platforms that used to work in the
> > past and were broken by the (long-ago) move from drivers/ide to
> > drivers/ata, Brijesh has not implemented that but has instead
> > continued pushing the hack for the ACPI mode that is still
> > experimental on ARM64.
>
> I am helping a customer who want EM support in a distro (using ACPI
> mode). Since its difficult to update the bios hence can I request to
> pull this driver. The driver solves the ACPI usecases.
>
> As per DT is concerned, will look into driver/ide and led framework
> but since I am not very familiar with driver/ide and led framework
> hence it will take sometime to design and implement the DT cases.

Alright, will route it through for-4.6-fixes after the merge window
but please do look into the issue that Arnd raised.

Thanks.

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tejun