From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sergei Shtylyov Subject: Re: [PATCH pata-2.6] cmd64x: procfs code fixes/cleanups (take 2) Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 00:16:47 +0400 Message-ID: <462136AF.9060505@ru.mvista.com> References: <200704142011.l3EKBBhf025590@harpo.it.uu.se> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from rtsoft2.corbina.net ([85.21.88.2]:37633 "HELO mail.dev.rtsoft.ru" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1750700AbXDNUPy (ORCPT ); Sat, 14 Apr 2007 16:15:54 -0400 In-Reply-To: <200704142011.l3EKBBhf025590@harpo.it.uu.se> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Mikael Pettersson Cc: bzolnier@gmail.com, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Hello. Mikael Pettersson wrote: >>While at it, also perform the following cleanups: > ... >>- correct the chipset names (from CMDxxx to PCI-xxx) > Please explain why this rename is a correction. Because the chips are officially named PCI064[036] and PCI-64[89]. > Did the company making these chips change name at some point? > Or did they change the names of the chips? It's just that Linux named them differently. > CMD64x is an established name, while PCI-xxx is something > I've never heard of (and it sounds awfully generic). Specs are available from http://gkernel.sourceforge.net/specs/ -- you can see the names on the first pages. > /Mikael MBR, Sergei