Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 07 Jul 2006 13:23:16 -0400 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.17-mm6 |
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David Lloyd wrote: > On Fri, 7 Jul 2006, Jeff Garzik wrote: > >> Alan Cox wrote: >>> Also its dangerous to assume "pata_*" is a PATA driver, it may be SATA >>> with a bridge chip, and in some cases like the ATI this is quite >>> common. >> >> Incorrect; what you describe is the core assumption underlying the >> "ata_", "pata_", and "sata_" prefixes. >> >> If the user can attached PATA and SATA devices to a controller, its >> prefix is ata_ > > So sata_promise will change to ata_promise at some point?
Yes, if breakage can be minimized. Internal symbols have already changed...
Jeff
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