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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