Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Added support for Designware SATA controller driver

From: Feng Kan <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 06 May 2009 10:44:24 -0700

Hi Scott:

I agree with your statement, however this driver is wrapped with this 
AHB DMA controller.
It would be very hard for it to work on non 460EX platforms. I can 
expand the depend in
the future if it is available on more cores.

Thanks
Feng Kan

Scott Wood wrote:
> Feng Kan wrote:
>> This adds support for the Designware SATA controller.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Feng Kan <[email-masked]>
>> Signed-off-by: Mark Miesfeld <[email-masked]>
>> ---
>>  drivers/ata/Kconfig    |   10 +
>>  drivers/ata/Makefile   |    1 +
>>  drivers/ata/sata_dwc.c | 2053 
>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  3 files changed, 2064 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>>  create mode 100644 drivers/ata/sata_dwc.c
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/ata/Kconfig b/drivers/ata/Kconfig
>> index 0bcf264..c3d0b24 100644
>> --- a/drivers/ata/Kconfig
>> +++ b/drivers/ata/Kconfig
>> @@ -72,6 +72,16 @@ config SATA_FSL
>>  
>>        If unsure, say N.
>>  
>> +config SATA_DWC
>> +    tristate "DesignWare Cores SATA support"
>> +     depends on 460EX
>
> That "depends" looks too specific -- we don't want to grow a list if 
> this controller gets added to other chips.
>
> Only depend on what this driver actually needs in order to function.
>
> -Scott