linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 05/20] pata_efar: always program master_data before slave

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Message-ID: <20110208133922.6cf8142e@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Date:	Tue, 8 Feb 2011 13:39:22 +0000
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-ide@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/20] pata_efar: always program master_data before
 slave_data

> > That sounds like someone quoting religion. Documentation cite please.
> 
> s/religion/common sense/

Anyone who programs ATA controllers on the basis of common sense rather
than documentation, errata sheets and actually testing rather than
speculating is naïve. In the case of ATA more so than most hardware.

Stil waiting a documentation cite for your otherwise gratuitious and
untested change
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