Re: 2.6.17-mm6

[David Lloyd]

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?

- DML
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