Re: 2.6.17-mm6

From: Jeff Garzik
Date: Fri Jul 07 2006 - 13:22:10 EST


David Lloyd wrote:
On Fri, 7 Jul 2006, Jeff Garzik wrote:

Alan Cox wrote:
Also its dangerous to assume "pata_*" is a PATA driver, it may be SATA
with a bridge chip, and in some cases like the ATI this is quite common.

Incorrect; what you describe is the core assumption underlying the "ata_", "pata_", and "sata_" prefixes.

If the user can attached PATA and SATA devices to a controller, its prefix is ata_

So sata_promise will change to ata_promise at some point?

Yes, if breakage can be minimized. Internal symbols have already changed...

Jeff



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