pata_acpi: ACPI driver support

On a cable there may be eighty wires or perhaps forty and we learn about its type In the world of ACPI So we call the GTM And we find the the timing rate And we look through it to see If eighty wire it must be Timing lives in ACPI routines ACPI routines, ACPI routines Timing lives in ACPI routines ACPI routes ACPI routines And the drivers last you see Picking up unknown pci ids and the code begins to work Timing lives in ACPI routines ACPI routines, ACPI routines Timing lives in ACPI routines ACPI routes ACPI routines [Full speed ahead, Mr Hacker, full speed ahead] Full speed over here sir! Checking Cable, checking cable Aye aye, 80 wire, Heaven heaven] If we use ACPI (ACPI) Every box (every box) has all we need (has all we need) Cable type (cable type) and mode timing (mode timing) In our ATA (in our ATA) subroutines (subroutines, ha ha) Timing lives in ACPI routines ACPI routines, ACPI routines Timing lives in ACPI routines ACPI routes ACPI routines Timing lives in ACPI routines ACPI routines, ACPI routines Timing lives in ACPI routines ACPI routes ACPI routines Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
git-mirror · Oct 12, 2007 · 025621f · 025621f
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diff --git a/drivers/ata/Kconfig b/drivers/ata/Kconfig
@@ -173,6 +173,15 @@ config SATA_INIC162X
 	help
 	  This option enables support for Initio 162x Serial ATA.
 
+config PATA_ACPI
+	tristate "ACPI firmware driver for PATA"
+	depends on ATA_ACPI
+	help
+	  This option enables an ACPI method driver which drives
+	  motherboard PATA controller interfaces through the ACPI
+	  firmware in the BIOS. This driver can sometimes handle
+	  otherwise unsupported hardware.
+
 config PATA_ALI
 	tristate "ALi PATA support (Experimental)"
 	depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL

diff --git a/drivers/ata/Makefile b/drivers/ata/Makefile
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_PATA_SCC)		+= pata_scc.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PATA_BF54X)	+= pata_bf54x.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PATA_PLATFORM)	+= pata_platform.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PATA_ICSIDE)	+= pata_icside.o
+# Should be last but two libata driver
+obj-$(CONFIG_PATA_ACPI)		+= pata_acpi.o
 # Should be last but one libata driver
 obj-$(CONFIG_ATA_GENERIC)	+= ata_generic.o
 # Should be last libata driver