[PATCH] pasemi: electra IDE/pata_platform glue

[Benjamin Herrenschmidt]

> Great. That should fit perfectly with the glue I have now, it'll turn
> into the constructor instead.
> 
> I honestly don't see what the benefit is of this recent obsession
> with creating of_platform devices for every new device that's not
> PCI, especially when there's an already well-fitting driver in the
> traditional platform model. It's not like the code to link the two is
> large and complex.

I agree.

> Also, in this particular case, the bindings are not standardized, and
> there's a good chance that whatever new platform uses a similar device
> will need to do something slightly different.

Yup.

Ben.