Re: [PATCH 05/20] pata_efar: always program master_data beforeslave_data

[Alan Cox]

> on the other side of equation we have 5 drivers less, 1400 LOCs less,
> no risk of losing bugfixes and features (which is true already w/
> pata_rdc lacking locking fixes + Power Management and pata_oldpiix
> lacking parallel scanning feature).

The parallel scanning feature is somewhat irrelevant on an original PIIX,
if the hardware even supports it which is somewhat of an unknown. If you
have a minor boot time performance concern you'd buy a real computer
instead.

And the other stuff you actually create a problem rather than solving one
- the difficulting testing the rare chips makes it harder to fix ata_piix
bugs and do full testing.

Alan
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/