Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 21 Nov 2004 10:22:33 +0100 (MET) | From | Geert Uytterhoeven <> | Subject | Re: linux-2.4.28 released |
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On Fri, 19 Nov 2004, Jeff Garzik wrote: > Alan Cox wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 19, 2004 at 08:48:32AM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote: > > > PATA and SATA (DMA doesn't work for PATA, in split-driver configuration), > > > and there is no split-driver to worry about. > > > > > > I think there may need to be some code to prevent the IDE driver from > > > claiming the legacy ISA ports. > > > > Its called "request_resource". If you want the resource claim it. IDE will > > be a good citizen. > > That's what the quirk does. libata still needs to find out who obtained the > resource, not blindly grab it (and fail).
If libata would be initialized before IDE, it could grab the resource during probing.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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