linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 19/86] pata_cmd640: document known issues

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Date:	Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:44:01 +0100
From:	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
To:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
Cc:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>, linux-ide@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 19/86] pata_cmd640: document known issues

On Wednesday 25 November 2009 06:37:19 pm Jeff Garzik wrote:
> On 11/25/2009 12:26 PM, Alan Cox wrote:
> > On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:04:36 +0100
> > Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz<bzolnier@...il.com>  wrote:
> >
> >> From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz<bzolnier@...il.com>
> >> Subject: [PATCH] pata_cmd640: document known issues
> >>
> >> Document known issues with the driver to aid distribution makers,
> >> users and developers in making informed decisions instead of wasting
> >> their time needlessly.
> >
> > Umm. its a) under CONFIG_PCI, and b) says CMD640 PCI IDE...
> 
> Agreed, that's a bit redundant.
> 
> Also, as I noted in another email, known issues should be listed in the 
> driver source code at the top of the file, not in Kconfig.

Agreed, since virtually everybody should be looking into source
code of each single driver before compiling kernel and/or deciding
to include it into distribution kernel.

--
Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
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