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SubjectRe: [2.6 patch] select ATA_SFF
Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Tejun Heo wrote:
>> Aik... We can do s/sff/tf/ and leave bmdma alone to avoid even more
>> confusion but sff has meant tf base interface for quite some time now
>> in libata and I think it'll be better to remember that sff is the new
>> tf. Sorry about the mess.
>
>
> This renaming was discussed at the time on lkml and linux-ide, the
> patches and git pushes were CC'd, and I do not recall these complaints
> being raised at the time.
>
> At this point, it's too ingrained in libata. Another rename would IMO
> just cause more needless churn.
..

I heartily agree.

Besides, we all seem to understand that -sff means the register level
programming interface for ATA, with and without the old style bmdma.

As opposed to some funky modern host queue style of interface.

It's as good a split as any.

cheers


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