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

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Message-ID: <45FC8847.2060209@freenet.de>
Date:	Sun, 18 Mar 2007 01:31:03 +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:

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 >:)

--- 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 01:23:51.000000000 +0100

@@ -103,8 +103,10 @@

 ---help---

   There are two drivers for Serial ATA controllers.

 

-   The main driver, "libata", exists inside the SCSI subsystem

-   and supports most modern SATA controllers.

+   The main driver, "libata", uses the SCSI subsystem

+   and supports most modern SATA controllers. In order to use it

+   you may take a look at "Serial ATA (prod) and Parallel ATA

+   (experimental) drivers".

 

   The IDE driver (which you are currently configuring) supports

   a few first-generation SATA controllers.

---
> Thanks,
> Bart
>
>   

regards,
Patrick
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