Re: [RFT PATCH] mips: workpad_defconfig: convert to use libata PATA drivers

[Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz]

Hi Ralf,

When patches converting MIPS defconfigs to libata PATA were
applied this one got lost somehow. Please consider merging
(it applies fine to v4.11-rc1).

Best regards,
--
Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
Samsung R&D Institute Poland
Samsung Electronics

On Monday, September 14, 2015 05:51:58 PM Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> IDE subsystem has been deprecated since 2009 and the majority
> (if not all) of Linux distributions have switched to use
> libata for ATA support exclusively.  However there are still
> some users (mostly old or/and embedded non-x86 systems) that
> have not converted from using IDE subsystem to libata PATA
> drivers.  This doesn't seem to be good thing in the long-term
> for Linux as while there is less and less PATA systems left
> in use:
> 
> * testing efforts are divided between two subsystems
> 
> * having duplicate drivers for same hardware confuses users
> 
> This patch converts workpad_defconfig to use libata PATA
> drivers.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Build tested only.
> If you have affected hardware please test.  Thank you.
> 
>  arch/mips/configs/workpad_defconfig | 8 ++++----
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/mips/configs/workpad_defconfig b/arch/mips/configs/workpad_defconfig
> index ee4b2be..1b556cd 100644
> --- a/arch/mips/configs/workpad_defconfig
> +++ b/arch/mips/configs/workpad_defconfig
> @@ -28,10 +28,10 @@ CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST=y
>  # CONFIG_IPV6 is not set
>  CONFIG_NETWORK_SECMARK=y
>  CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM=m
> -# CONFIG_MISC_DEVICES is not set
> -CONFIG_IDE=y
> -CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECS=m
> -CONFIG_IDE_GENERIC=y
> +CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y
> +CONFIG_ATA=y
> +CONFIG_PATA_PCMCIA=m
> +CONFIG_PATA_LEGACY=y
>  CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y
>  # CONFIG_NETDEV_1000 is not set
>  # CONFIG_NETDEV_10000 is not set