Kernel Log: Winding down the IDE subsystem, LinuxTag Kernel Presentations
Jun 24, 2009, 09:05 (0 Talkback[s])
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"David Miller, maintainer of the Linux kernel's SPARC and
network support, is taking over responsibility for the IDE
subsystem, largely comprising drivers for parallel ATA adapters
(PATA/IDE). He has taken over the post at short notice from
Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz. The change was prompted by a discussion
on a bug report from a SPARC user who described a problem with one
of the IDE drivers in recent kernel versions. In the course of the
discussion, Miller noted that Zolnierkiewicz had introduced
numerous changes, which had not been adequately tested, into the
IDE subsystem."
"For his part, Zolnierkiewicz responded, ("I'm really tired of
this kind of hostility towards IDE changes,") and suggested that
Miller should take over the IDE subsystem. The latter did not need
to be asked twice and set up a new Git development tree without
further ado. He and other developers thanked Zolnierkiewicz for his
many years of hard work. Zolnierkiewicz has offered the new
maintainer his 'full support'."
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