linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 67/77] ncr5380: Cleanup comments

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Message-ID: <56790407.70305@suse.de>
Date:	Tue, 22 Dec 2015 09:04:23 +0100
From:	Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>
To:	Finn Thain <fthain@...egraphics.com.au>,
	"James E.J. Bottomley" <JBottomley@...n.com>,
	Michael Schmitz <schmitzmic@...il.com>,
	linux-m68k@...r.kernel.org, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 67/77] ncr5380: Cleanup comments

On 12/22/2015 02:18 AM, Finn Thain wrote:
> The CVS revision log is not nearly as useful as the history/history.git
> repo, so remove it. Roman's commentary at the top of his driver repeats
> the same information elsewhere in the file so remove it. Also remove
> some other redundant or obsolete comments.
>
> Both the driver and the datasheets confusingly refer to a DMA access
> for a SCSI WRITE command as a "DMA write". Similarly a SCSI READ command
> is called a "DMA read". This is the opposite of the usual convention.
> Thankfully, the chip documentation and driver code also use "DMA send" and
> "DMA receive", so adopt this terminology.
>
> This removes some unimportant discrepancies between the two core driver
> forks so that 'diff' can be used to reveal the important ones, to
> facilitate reunification.
>
> Signed-off-by: Finn Thain <fthain@...egraphics.com.au>
>
> ---
>   drivers/scsi/NCR5380.c       |  154 ++++++++++---------------------------------
>   drivers/scsi/atari_NCR5380.c |   97 +++------------------------
>   2 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 203 deletions(-)
>
Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.com>

Cheers,

Hannes
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