[PATCH] Allow IDE media detection if /proc/ide is missing

[Andrey Borzenkov]

On Tuesday 17 July 2007, David Zeuthen wrote:
> On Sat, 2007-07-14 at 23:32 +0400, Andrey Borzenkov wrote:
> > 2.6.22 adds option to skip building /proc/ide code. Attached patch makes
> > block device detection still work in this case.
>
> Committed thanks. But I guess if one is using the libsata PATA drivers
> this won't matter anyway, correct?
>

You are right, but on my notebook libata fails to detect DVD-ROM if DMA is in 
use and does not provide any means to (selectively) disable DMA. Legacy IDE 
is actively maintained currently so it does not look like it is going away 
any time soon.
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