Re: [PATCH] m68k/mac: Replace macide driver with generic platform driver

[Finn Thain]

On Tue, 27 Apr 2021, Michael Schmitz wrote:

> On 26/04/21 7:37 pm, Finn Thain wrote:
> > Was macide the only IDE driver in Debian/m68k kernels without a libata 
> > alternative? If so, this patch would allow you to finally drop 
> > CONFIG_IDE.
> > 
> There's still q40ide.c (ISA IDE interface, byte-swapped, so would need 
> treatment similar to Falcon IDE). Hasn't been updated to a platform 
> device yet.
> 

AIUI, q40 support is not included in Debian/m68k kernel builds.

I wonder whether q40 could re-use the pata_falcon driver . I suppose 
pata_falcon_set_mode() would be undesirable on q40 (?) It could be made 
optional using the data parameter passed to 
platform_device_register_resndata().