Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Sun, 18 Mar 2007 01:31:03 +0100 | From | Patrick Ringl <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH UPDATED][2] cosmetic adaption of drivers/ide/Kconfig concerning SATA |
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Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
Hello, > On Sunday 18 March 2007, Patrick Ringl wrote: >> Hello, > > Hi, > >> since especially Serial ATA has it's own menu point now, I guess we can >> change the description of the deprecated SATA driver as well, since the >> new libATA subsystem is not configured through a SCSI low-level driver >> anymore, but has it's own menu point. >> >> The following patch is against 2.6.21-rc4: >> >> --- linux-2.6.20.old/drivers/ide/Kconfig 2007-03-18 00:05:11.000000000 +0100 >> +++ linux-2.6.20/drivers/ide/Kconfig 2007-03-18 00:09:47.000000000 +0100 >> @@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ >> ---help--- >> There are two drivers for Serial ATA controllers. >> >> - The main driver, "libata", exists inside the SCSI subsystem >> + The main driver, "libata", exists inside the ATA subsystem > > Strictly speaking libata is not a separate subsystem (it still uses SCSI > subsystem) and "ATA subsystem" may be misleading, since we now have: > > * "ATA/ATAPI/MFM/RLL support" menu for drivers/ide > > * "Serial ATA (prod) and Parallel ATA (experimental) drivers" menu for libata > > What about replacing "exists inside" into "uses" and adding info about > the new menu instead? Well, that's even a better idea :-) I wasn't that sure about what to do .. it's just that it could be misleading since the new (s/p)ata drivers are not living in the scsi low-level subsystem anymore, but got their own menu point.
Here's a different patch >:)
--- linux-2.6.20.old/drivers/ide/Kconfig 2007-03-18 00:05:11.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.20/drivers/ide/Kconfig 2007-03-18 01:23:51.000000000 +0100
@@ -103,8 +103,10 @@
---help---
There are two drivers for Serial ATA controllers.
- The main driver, "libata", exists inside the SCSI subsystem - and supports most modern SATA controllers.
+ The main driver, "libata", uses the SCSI subsystem
+ and supports most modern SATA controllers. In order to use it
+ you may take a look at "Serial ATA (prod) and Parallel ATA
+ (experimental) drivers".
The IDE driver (which you are currently configuring) supports
a few first-generation SATA controllers.
--- > Thanks, > Bart >
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