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: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 18:09:32 +0400 Message-ID: <4624D51C.8090107@ru.mvista.com> References: <200704142011.l3EKBBhf025590@harpo.it.uu.se> <462136AF.9060505@ru.mvista.com> <20070417150725.1f675995@the-village.bc.nu> 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]:60225 "HELO mail.dev.rtsoft.ru" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S964935AbXDQOIf (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Apr 2007 10:08:35 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20070417150725.1f675995@the-village.bc.nu> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Alan Cox Cc: Mikael Pettersson , bzolnier@gmail.com, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Hello. Alan Cox wrote: >>>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. > End users don't read the specs, they read the box, and they seem to have > been marketed as CMD PCI-064x. So at least keep the CMD in the name so > people know what is what and can work out the pointless name change I wonder how often they look into /proc/ide/cmd64x for starters? :-) MBR, Sergei