linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH UPDATED][2] cosmetic adaption of drivers/ide/Kconfig concerning SATA

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Date:	Sat, 24 Mar 2007 17:06:25 +0100
From:	Patrick Ringl <patrick_@...enet.de>
To:	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH UPDATED][2] cosmetic adaption of drivers/ide/Kconfig concerning
 SATA

Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> On Sunday 18 March 2007, Patrick Ringl wrote:
>   
>> Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>     
>>> On Sunday 18 March 2007, Patrick Ringl wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Hello,
>>>>         
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>>       
>>>> since especially Serial ATA has it's own menu point now, I guess we can 
>>>> change the description of the deprecated SATA driver as well, since the 
>>>> new libATA subsystem is not configured through a SCSI low-level driver 
>>>> anymore, but has it's own menu point.
>>>>
>>>> The following patch is against 2.6.21-rc4:
>>>>
>>>> --- linux-2.6.20.old/drivers/ide/Kconfig	2007-03-18 00:05:11.000000000 +0100
>>>> +++ linux-2.6.20/drivers/ide/Kconfig	2007-03-18 00:09:47.000000000 +0100
>>>> @@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
>>>>   	---help---
>>>>   	  There are two drivers for Serial ATA controllers.
>>>>
>>>> -	  The main driver, "libata", exists inside the SCSI subsystem
>>>> +	  The main driver, "libata", exists inside the ATA subsystem
>>>>         
>>> Strictly speaking libata is not a separate subsystem (it still uses SCSI
>>> subsystem) and "ATA subsystem" may be misleading, since we now have:
>>>
>>> * "ATA/ATAPI/MFM/RLL support" menu for drivers/ide
>>>
>>> * "Serial ATA (prod) and Parallel ATA (experimental) drivers" menu for libata
>>>
>>> What about replacing "exists inside" into "uses" and adding info about
>>> the new menu instead?
>>>       
>> Well, that's even a better idea :-) I wasn't that sure about what to do 
>> .. it's just that it could be misleading since the new (s/p)ata drivers 
>> are not living in the scsi low-level subsystem anymore, but got their 
>> own menu point.
>>
>> Here's a different patch >:)
>>     
>
> applied
>
> [ The patch was whitespace damaged and didn't apply et all
>   so I had to manually change the Kconfig to merge your change. ]
>   
D'Oh .. Probably due to the fact that I copied it and did not attach it 
in plain/text.

 Thanks

> Thanks,
> Bart
>
>   

regards,
Patrick
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