Re: [PATCH 00/18] ide: warm-plug support for IDE devices and othergoodies

[Alan Cox]

On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 08:04:07 +1100
Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> On Fri, 2008-02-08 at 19:40 +1100, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> > On Fri, 2008-02-08 at 01:44 +0100, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> > > - couple of fixes and preparatory patches
> > > 
> > > - rework of PowerMac media-bay support ([un]register IDE devices instead of
> > >   [un]registering IDE interface) [ it is the main reason for spamming PPC ML ]
> > 
> > Interesting... I was thinking about doing a full remove of the device at
> > a higher level instead but I suppose what you propose is easier.
> > 
> > I'll have a look & test next week hopefully.
> 
> Also, the above would have the advantage of not relying on drivers/ide
> infrastructure, and thus working with libata (once somebody has ported
> pmac ide to libata).

Unfortunately you need a degree in dentistry to open a Macintosh up and
fix it otherwise we would have support by now.

Alan
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