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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>2008-02-29 08:27:32 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>2008-02-29 08:27:32 -0800
commitf511d7edf53bd49c16131fce28b87428c16239ad (patch)
tree48fafdc115477f0fa92888be5c0f14c1c9b1e56a /Documentation
parent32fa458688fa2e68bc433929b2d4941eef7efe39 (diff)
parent204f47c5a581630369d425b5a4afa48448c30359 (diff)
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bart/ide-2.6
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bart/ide-2.6: ide: remove stale comments from ide-dma.c (take 2) ide: remove ide-tape documentation from Documentation/ide.txt qd65xx: remove commented out code ide-tape: schedule driver for removal after 6 months ide-disk: add missing printk() KERN_* levels ide: fix sparse warning about shadowing 'flags' symbol ide-cd: fix CD/DVD burning ide-cd: fix 'ireason' handling for REQ_TYPE_ATA_PC requests qd65xx: fix setup of QD6580 Control register ide: skip probing port if "hdx=noprobe" was used for both devices on it ide: remove redundant comment from ide_unregister() hpt366: fix section mismatch warnings ide-cd: Enable audio play quirk for Optiarc DVD RW AD-5200A drive
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ide.txt49
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 49 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index 4d3aa519eadf..ba899ff2a8f9 100644
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -172,6 +172,16 @@ Who: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
---------------------------
+What: ide-tape driver
+When: July 2008
+Files: drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
+Why: This driver might not have any users anymore and maintaining it for no
+ reason is an effort no one wants to make.
+Who: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>, Borislav Petkov
+ <petkovbb@googlemail.com>
+
+---------------------------
+
What: libata spindown skipping and warning
When: Dec 2008
Why: Some halt(8) implementations synchronize caches for and spin
diff --git a/Documentation/ide.txt b/Documentation/ide.txt
index 94e2e3b9e77f..bcd7cd1278ef 100644
--- a/Documentation/ide.txt
+++ b/Documentation/ide.txt
@@ -258,8 +258,6 @@ Summary of ide driver parameters for kernel command line
As for VLB, it is safest to not specify it.
Bigger values are safer than smaller ones.
- "idex=noprobe" : do not attempt to access/use this interface
-
"idex=base" : probe for an interface at the addr specified,
where "base" is usually 0x1f0 or 0x170
and "ctl" is assumed to be "base"+0x206
@@ -309,53 +307,6 @@ are detected automatically).
================================================================================
-IDE ATAPI streaming tape driver
--------------------------------
-
-This driver is a part of the Linux ide driver and works in co-operation
-with linux/drivers/block/ide.c.
-
-The driver, in co-operation with ide.c, basically traverses the
-request-list for the block device interface. The character device
-interface, on the other hand, creates new requests, adds them
-to the request-list of the block device, and waits for their completion.
-
-Pipelined operation mode is now supported on both reads and writes.
-
-The block device major and minor numbers are determined from the
-tape's relative position in the ide interfaces, as explained in ide.c.
-
-The character device interface consists of the following devices:
-
- ht0 major 37, minor 0 first IDE tape, rewind on close.
- ht1 major 37, minor 1 second IDE tape, rewind on close.
- ...
- nht0 major 37, minor 128 first IDE tape, no rewind on close.
- nht1 major 37, minor 129 second IDE tape, no rewind on close.
- ...
-
-Run /dev/MAKEDEV to create the above entries.
-
-The general magnetic tape commands compatible interface, as defined by
-include/linux/mtio.h, is accessible through the character device.
-
-General ide driver configuration options, such as the interrupt-unmask
-flag, can be configured by issuing an ioctl to the block device interface,
-as any other ide device.
-
-Our own ide-tape ioctl's can be issued to either the block device or
-the character device interface.
-
-Maximal throughput with minimal bus load will usually be achieved in the
-following scenario:
-
- 1. ide-tape is operating in the pipelined operation mode.
- 2. No buffering is performed by the user backup program.
-
-
-
-================================================================================
-
Some Terminology
----------------
IDE = Integrated Drive Electronics, meaning that each drive has a built-in