[PATCH] 2.5.15 IDE 62a
- Streamline device detection reporting to always use ->slot_name. - Apply 64 bit sector size fixes to the overall code. - Push ->handler down to the struct ata_channel. - Introduce channel group based locking instead of a single global lock for all operations. There are still some places where we have preserved the ide_lock. We can't lock for queues during device probe and we protect global data structures during device registration and unregistration in ide.c with it. - Start replacement of serialized access to the registers of channels which share them with proper host chip driver specific locking. This affects the following host chip drivers: cmd640.c, rz1000, ... ? Seems some are setting the serialize flag just in case. So better let's do it gradually over time. Well, I still have to think whatever we really need to put channels sharing an IRQ line in the same locking group. From now on the sick concept of a hw group is gone now. We have full blown per channel request queues! Hopefully I will be able soon to get my hands on a dual Athlon machine to check how this all behaves on a multi SMP machine. - Move the whole SUPPORT_VLB_SYNC stuff to the only place where it is used: the pdc4030 host chip driver. Eliminate it from the global driver part. - Eliminate pseudo portability macros from pdc4030. This is a host chip firmly based on VLB.
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