linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 19/86] pata_cmd640: document known issues

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Date:	Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:37:19 -0500
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
CC:	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>,
	linux-ide@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 19/86] pata_cmd640: document known issues

On 11/25/2009 12:26 PM, Alan Cox wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:04:36 +0100
> Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz<bzolnier@...il.com>  wrote:
>
>> From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz<bzolnier@...il.com>
>> Subject: [PATCH] pata_cmd640: document known issues
>>
>> Document known issues with the driver to aid distribution makers,
>> users and developers in making informed decisions instead of wasting
>> their time needlessly.
>
> Umm. its a) under CONFIG_PCI, and b) says CMD640 PCI IDE...

Agreed, that's a bit redundant.

Also, as I noted in another email, known issues should be listed in the 
driver source code at the top of the file, not in Kconfig.

That way the list of known issues actually follows the implementation, 
as the source code is copied around various kernel trees.

	Jeff




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