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

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Message-ID: <20090119173701.13fd24c6@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Date:	Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:37:01 +0000
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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 2/6] ide: move SFF I/O code to ide-io-sff.c

> > [ I'm also not happy with the naming but couldn't think of a better one. ]
> 
>     Legacy perhaps?

Legacy to most people means either ISA/VLB or the PCI legacy
compatibility mode so that would be confusing.

BTW if you moved to ioreadX you could get rid of almost all the readb/inb
special casing.
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