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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 00/18] ide: warm-plug support for IDE devices and other goodies
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    On Tue, 2008-02-12 at 21:41 +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
    > On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 08:04:07 +1100
    > Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> 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.

    Heh :-)

    Recent powermacs are trivial to open ! But yeah, I do need to produce a
    driver for libata one of these days. On my todo list ...

    Cheers,
    Ben.




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