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Message-ID: <4B05BADF.1010205@garzik.org> Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:38:39 -0500 From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org> To: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com> CC: Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>, Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-ide@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] pata: Update experimental tags On 11/18/2009 02:56 PM, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > On Wednesday 18 November 2009 20:07:07 Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: >> On Wednesday 18 November 2009 19:41:25 Alan Cox wrote: >>>> Maybe they are 'stable' but when it comes to features they are behind hpt366 >>>> (i.e. they lack PCI PM), which is also much cleaner than your drivers, easier >>>> to understand and much smaller.. >>> >>> 37x and 3xn lack PCI PM. Added to the TODO list. >>> >>> The smaller size is a bit questionable given its mostly comments, and >>> three drivers versus one. >> >> I wonder what you find 'questionable' in the numbers given.. > > BTW we can immediately reclaim 300 LOC by simply merging drivers back.. Merging drivers is a big pain for distributions and end users, even with the new module_alias facility. Absent stronger justification, libata remains with separate drivers, even if that means some code duplication. Jeff -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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