linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 13/18] ide: use ->tf_load in SELECT

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Date:	Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:13:01 +0300
From:	Sergei Shtylyov <sshtylyov@...mvista.com>
To:	Sergei Shtylyov <sshtylyov@...mvista.com>
Cc:	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>,
	linux-ide@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 13/18] ide: use ->tf_load in SELECT_DRIVE()

Hello, I wrote:

>>>> There should be no functional changes caused by this patch.
>>>> Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
>>>> Index: b/drivers/ide/ide-iops.c
>>>> ===================================================================
>>>> --- a/drivers/ide/ide-iops.c
>>>> +++ b/drivers/ide/ide-iops.c
>>>> @@ -88,11 +88,15 @@ void SELECT_DRIVE (ide_drive_t *drive)
>>>>  {
>>>>      ide_hwif_t *hwif = drive->hwif;
>>>>      const struct ide_port_ops *port_ops = hwif->port_ops;
>>>> +    ide_task_t task;
>>>>  
>>>>      if (port_ops && port_ops->selectproc)
>>>>          port_ops->selectproc(drive);
>>>>  
>>>> -    hwif->OUTB(drive->select.all, hwif->io_ports.device_addr);
>>>> +    memset(&task, 0, sizeof(task));
>>>> +    task.tf_flags = IDE_TFLAG_OUT_DEVICE;
>>>> +
>>>> +    drive->hwif->tf_load(drive, &task);

>>>    This actually doesn't seem like a bright idea to me, considering 
>>> that this gets called when starting every request. How will you look 
>>> at me adding the transport method for writing this register? :-)

>> Convert SELECT_DRIVE() to use ->tf_load instead of ->OUTB.

>>   OTOH, adding such a "backdoor" to the taskfile doesn't seem very 
>> consistent...

>   ... which didn't prevent libata from having such backdoor though, in 
> the form of dev_select() method.

    Oh, and I forgot about the IDE core's infamous selectproc() method which 
could easily be taught to also write the device/head register and moved to 
'struct ide_tp_ops'.

MBR, Sergei
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