[Linux-parport] [PATCH] pata_parport: second preview

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Sun, Feb 20, 2022 at 11:49:09PM +0100, Ondrej Zary wrote:
> Protocol registration could be improved - I don't like protocols[] and
> protocol numbers, devices should probably be created by protocol name.
> Also the LPT port base addresses should probably be replaced by port names
> (like parport0).
> 
> The bpck driver seems to need to know if a CD drive is attached (weird) but
> I doubt that I can get such info from libata.

You can check adev->class == ATA_DEV_ATAPI, there's a bunch of drivers
that already do that.

I'll try to take a look at the actual patch once I find a bit of time.