linux-kernel - Re: [2.6 patch] select ATA

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Message-ID: <480F39F0.7050207@rtr.ca>
Date:	Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:30:24 -0400
From:	Mark Lord <liml@....ca>
To:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
Cc:	Tejun Heo <htejun@...il.com>,
	Sergei Shtylyov <sshtylyov@...mvista.com>,
	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-ide@...r.kernel.org, Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] select ATA_SFF

Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Tejun Heo wrote:
>> Aik... We can do s/sff/tf/ and leave bmdma alone to avoid even more 
>> confusion but sff has meant tf base interface for quite some time now 
>> in libata and I think it'll be better to remember that sff is the new 
>> tf. Sorry about the mess.
> 
> 
> This renaming was discussed at the time on lkml and linux-ide, the 
> patches and git pushes were CC'd, and I do not recall these complaints 
> being raised at the time.
> 
> At this point, it's too ingrained in libata.  Another rename would IMO 
> just cause more needless churn.
..

I heartily agree.

Besides, we all seem to understand that -sff means the register level
programming interface for ATA, with and without the old style bmdma.

As opposed to some funky modern host queue style of interface.

It's as good a split as any.

cheers
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