Re: [PATCH 05/20] pata_efar: always program master_data beforeslave_data

From: Alan Cox
Date: Tue Feb 08 2011 - 08:35:53 EST


> > That sounds like someone quoting religion. Documentation cite please.
>
> s/religion/common sense/

Anyone who programs ATA controllers on the basis of common sense rather
than documentation, errata sheets and actually testing rather than
speculating is naïve. In the case of ATA more so than most hardware.

Stil waiting a documentation cite for your otherwise gratuitious and
untested change
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