linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] libata: Add pata_atp867x driver for Artop/Acard ATP867X controllers

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Message-ID: <20090915013805.7f2fa251@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Date:	Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:38:05 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>
Cc:	"Jung-Ik (John) Lee" <jilee@...gle.com>,
	Robert Hancock <hancockrwd@...il.com>,
	Daniel Walker <dwalker@...o99.com>, linux-ide@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Grant Grundler <grundler@...gle.com>,
	Gwendal Grignou <gwendal@...gle.com>,
	Eric Uhrhane <ericu@...gle.com>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] libata: Add pata_atp867x driver for Artop/Acard ATP867X
  controllers

> Ideally you would use ATA_CBL_PATA_UNK / ata_cable_unknown, but it seems 
> that ATA_CBL_PATA_UNK has grown rather useless in the current kernel.
> 
> We should probably (a) update libata-core/libata-sff to do something 
> intelligent with ATA_CBL_PATA_UNK,

It does - it says "Use drive side detect the controller hasn't got a
clue".

Alan
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