Re: [RFC][DOC] writing IDE driver guidelines

From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
Date: Sun May 16 2004 - 14:26:02 EST


On Sunday 16 of May 2004 00:23, Jeff Garzik wrote:

> >>>- define ide_default_irq(), ide_init_default_irq()
> >>> and ide_default_io_base() to (0)
> >>
> >>Maybe provide generic definitions, so that new arches don't even
> >>have to care about this?
> >
> > Please explain.
>
> Your document appears to imply that each new arch should define the
> above three symbols.
>
> My suggestion is to devise a method by which new arches don't have to
> care about those symbols at all, unless required to do so by the
> underlying hardware.

OK will work on this

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