Re: [PATCH v4] ide/macide: Convert Mac IDE driver to platform driver

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Finn,

On Thu, Sep 24, 2020 at 1:17 AM Finn Thain <fthain@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Add platform devices for the Mac IDE controller variants. Convert the
> macide module into a platform driver to support two of those variants.
> For the third, use a generic "pata_platform" driver instead.
> This enables automatic loading of the appropriate module and begins
> the process of replacing the driver with libata alternatives.
>
> Cc: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Joshua Thompson <funaho@xxxxxxxxx>
> References: commit 5ed0794cde593 ("m68k/atari: Convert Falcon IDE drivers to platform drivers")
> References: commit 7ad19a99ad431 ("ide: officially deprecated the legacy IDE driver")
> Tested-by: Stan Johnson <userm57@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Finn Thain <fthain@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> This patch was tested successfully on a Powerbook 190 (MAC_IDE_BABOON)
> using both pata_platform and ide_platform drivers.
> The next step will be to try using these generic drivers with the other
> IDE controller variants (MAC_IDE_QUADRA or MAC_IDE_PB) so that the macide
> driver can be entirely replaced with libata drivers.
>
> Changed since v3:
>  - Updated Kconfig help text.
>
> Changed since v2:
>  - Enabled CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PLATFORM in multi_defconfig.
>  - Replaced dev_get_drvdata() with platform_get_drvdata().

Thanks for the updates!

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
i.e. will queue in the m68k for-v5.10 branch, hopefully with an
Acked-by from the IDE maintainer.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert


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