Re: [PATCH] sparc64: sparc64_defconfig: convert to use libata PATA drivers

2016-06-28 Thread Mark Cave-Ayland
On 28/06/16 00:18, Julian Calaby wrote: > Hi Alex, > > On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 2:38 AM, wrote: >> On 2016-06-27 08:23, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: >> >>> If you have affected hardware please test. Thank you. >> >> >> For what it's worth, I've been using libata on sparc64 for roughly two y

Re: [PATCH] sparc64: sparc64_defconfig: convert to use libata PATA drivers

2016-06-27 Thread Julian Calaby
Hi Alex, On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 2:38 AM, wrote: > On 2016-06-27 08:23, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > >> If you have affected hardware please test. Thank you. > > > For what it's worth, I've been using libata on sparc64 for roughly two years > with no issues to report. All of my PATA machi

Re: [PATCH] sparc64: sparc64_defconfig: convert to use libata PATA drivers

2016-06-27 Thread alexmcwhirter
On 2016-06-27 08:23, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: If you have affected hardware please test. Thank you. For what it's worth, I've been using libata on sparc64 for roughly two years with no issues to report. All of my PATA machines have ALI controllers, not sure if any other controllers

[PATCH] sparc64: sparc64_defconfig: convert to use libata PATA drivers

2016-06-27 Thread Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
IDE subsystem has been deprecated since 2009 and the majority (if not all) of Linux distributions have switched to use libata for ATA support exclusively. However there are still some users (mostly old or/and embedded non-x86 systems) that have not converted from using IDE subsystem to libata PATA