Subj : Legacy IDE driver to be dropped from next Linux kernel release
To   : All
From : highvoltage
Date : Tue Jun 29 2021 16:25:01

Linux 5.14 will be dropping the legacy IDE driver:

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-5.14-Legacy-IDE-Dropped

This is the old driver that identifies PATA disks as /dev/hdX, at least PATA disks
will still work with the libata driver (which most Linux systems do these days
anyway that identify disks as /dev/sdX).

Saves a whole 40k out of 3m lines of code :P

-Jonathan

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