Re: [2.6 patch] select ATA_SFF

[Sergei Shtylyov]

Jeff Garzik wrote:

> > Aik... We can do s/sff/tf/ and leave bmdma alone to avoid even more 
> > confusion but sff has meant tf base interface for quite some time now 
> > in libata and I think it'll be better to remember that sff is the new 
> > tf. Sorry about the mess.

> This renaming was discussed at the time on lkml and linux-ide, the 
> patches and git pushes were CC'd, and I do not recall these complaints 
> being raised at the time.

   I wasn't watching libata activity even to such a small extent that I'm 
doing it now, and I haven't found the discussion now.

> At this point, it's too ingrained in libata.  Another rename would IMO 
> just cause more needless churn.

   Well, renaming -bmdma to -sff was logical.  What's not so logical is that 
module covering not only BMDMA activities but also taskfile access.

>     Jeff

MBR, Sergei
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