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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/6] ide: move SFF I/O code to ide-io-sff.c
Hello, I 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?

As in ide-io-legacy.c. I can also suggest ide-io-std.c,
ide-io-trad[itional].c...

MBR, Sergei


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