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

[Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz]

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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