linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/6] ide: move SFF I/O code to ide-io-sff.c

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Date:	Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:35:14 +0100
From:	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
To:	Sergei Shtylyov <sshtylyov@...mvista.com>
Cc:	linux-ide@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/6] ide: move SFF I/O code to ide-io-sff.c

On Monday 19 January 2009, Sergei Shtylyov wrote:
> Hello, I wrote:
> 
> >>>> Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
> 
> >>>    Gah, what in the world is that SFF I/O code?
> 
> >>>> Index: b/drivers/ide/ide-io-sff.c
> >>>> ===================================================================
> >>>> --- /dev/null
> >>>> +++ b/drivers/ide/ide-io-sff.c
> >>>> @@ -0,0 +1,314 @@
> >>>> +
> >>>> +#include <linux/kernel.h>
> >>>> +#include <linux/ide.h>
> >>>> +
> >>>> +/*
> >>>> + *    Conventional PIO operations for ATA devices
> >>>> + */
> >>>> +
> >>>> +static u8 ide_inb(unsigned long port)
> >>>> +{
> >>>> +    return (u8) inb(port);
> >>>> +}
> >>>> +
> >>>> +static void ide_outb(u8 val, unsigned long port)
> >>>> +{
> >>>> +    outb(val, port);
> >>>> +}
> >>>> +
> >>>> +/*
> >>>> + *    MMIO operations, typically used for SATA controllers
> >>>> + */
> >>>> +
> >>>> +static u8 ide_mm_inb(unsigned long port)
> >>>> +{
> >>>> +    return (u8) readb((void __iomem *) port);
> >>>> +}
> >>>> +
> >>>> +static void ide_mm_outb(u8 value, unsigned long port)
> >>>> +{
> >>>> +    writeb(value, (void __iomem *) port);
> >>>> +}
> 
> >>>    Ah, I see. Can we finally stop abusing the SFF name? Or are we 
> >>> bound to copy every mistake that libata has made? :-/
> 
> >> Please suggest a better name. :)
> 
> >> [ I'm also not happy with the naming but couldn't think of a better 
> >> one. ]
> 
> >    Legacy perhaps?
> 
>     As in ide-io-legacy.c. I can also suggest ide-io-std.c, 
> ide-io-trad[itional].c...

ide-io-std.c sounds good to me.  I'll recast the patch before merging it.
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