Bug#534708: closed by Bastian Blank <waldi@debian.org> (Re: Bug#534708: linux-source-2.6.30: 8086:27df libata driver missing in Debian kernel)
Le Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:32:52 +0200,
Michal Suchanek <michal.suchanek@ruk.cuni.cz> a écrit :
> I can think of one reason to exclude these PCI IDs - if the libata
> piix driver is used it changes the device name.
>
> I recall the device name changing more than once so there was
> probably some time when the driver was built, then people complained
> it changes drive names and so it was disabled.
>
> However, the right way to disable it is to not include the driver in
> the Debian kernel config, not to break it in the source so that it
> cannot work.
>
> Also we have UUID support by now so this issue is moot.
>
> It is also inconsistent with other libata based pata drivers which do
> not seem to be crippled this way.
>
> There is one other possible issue which might have caused this patch.
> In the early days of libata there was a warning that compiling
> drivers for the same device from both ide and libata subsystems may
> cause trouble but this too should be resolved by now.
>
> Either way the patch is incorrect and it breaks functionality
> available in the upstream kernel for no good reason so it should be
> reverted.
Hi,
Does the announce of Bastian about enablings "pata" drivers in 2.6.31
is related to this (see
http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-kernel@lists.debian.org/msg46483.html) ?
If true, It's a good suggestion to test next stable Linux kernel !
with regards,
Fred.
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