Re: Forcibly switching to PATA/libata
On Mon, 13 Jul 2009, Evgeni Golov wrote:
> On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:13:23 +0200 Bastian Blank wrote:
>
> > I intend to do the switch to PATA in 2.6.31, even if there is nothing to
> > convert the whole shit yet. I'm sick of all the whining.
there had been no pata status report since some time, so not sure if
we should really switch *all*
> Mh, while thinking about it:
> 1. Is there any way to force libata on 2.6.30 atm? The UltraBay DVD/CD
> from my Thinkpad Z61m just does not want to play with ata_piix on a
> Debian kernel, while doing fine when using a custom built one with
> IDE=n.
> 2. Will there be a way to continue using old IDE drivers on .31? I
> remember problems (and no real time to invesigate) with libata on my
> ICH4 ThinkPad X31.
no to both questions.
either you use old ide or newer pata drivers.
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