Re: [PATCH 2/2] [POWERPC] MPC8349E-mITX: use platform IDE driverfor CF interface

[Sergei Shtylyov]

Hello, I wrote:

> > > > >   Also, what mmio-ide in the compat properly means in the context 
> > > > > of ide_platform which is able to handle both port and memory mapped 
> > > > > IDE.

> > > > I/O-space is only valid in the context of PCI, ISA, or similar buses, 
> > > > and
> > > > the bus-specific reg format indicates whether it's mmio-space or
> > > > io-space.

> > >   You could save time on lecturing me (and use it to look on the 
> > > driver ;-).

> > Sorry, I misread the question as being a mismatch between the 
> > capabilities of the device binding and the driver, not about the 
> > specific compatible name.

>     That too. :-)

> > Something like "generic-ide" would probably be better.

>     I strongly disagree with "generic" part. The generic IDE could only be 
> said of 1:1 I/O mapped IDE ports, not about this fancy mapping.

   BTW, there's already something called drivers/ide/ide-generic.c... :-)

MBR, Sergei

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