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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/6] ide: move SFF I/O code to ide-io-sff.c
Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:

>>>Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>

>> Gah, what in the world is that SFF I/O code?

>>>Index: b/drivers/ide/ide-io-sff.c
>>>===================================================================
>>>--- /dev/null
>>>+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-io-sff.c
>>>@@ -0,0 +1,314 @@
>>>+
>>>+#include <linux/kernel.h>
>>>+#include <linux/ide.h>
>>>+
>>>+/*
>>>+ * Conventional PIO operations for ATA devices
>>>+ */
>>>+
>>>+static u8 ide_inb(unsigned long port)
>>>+{
>>>+ return (u8) inb(port);
>>>+}
>>>+
>>>+static void ide_outb(u8 val, unsigned long port)
>>>+{
>>>+ outb(val, port);
>>>+}
>>>+
>>>+/*
>>>+ * MMIO operations, typically used for SATA controllers
>>>+ */
>>>+
>>>+static u8 ide_mm_inb(unsigned long port)
>>>+{
>>>+ return (u8) readb((void __iomem *) port);
>>>+}
>>>+
>>>+static void ide_mm_outb(u8 value, unsigned long port)
>>>+{
>>>+ writeb(value, (void __iomem *) port);
>>>+}

>> Ah, I see. Can we finally stop abusing the SFF name? Or are we bound to
>>copy every mistake that libata has made? :-/

> Please suggest a better name. :)

> [ I'm also not happy with the naming but couldn't think of a better one. ]

Legacy perhaps?

WBR, Sergei


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