From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: PATCH] ata: Kconfig: Elaborate that SFF is meant for legacy and PATA stuff Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2012 13:32:01 -0400 Message-ID: <502E8011.20701@pobox.com> References: <1344808456.4275.66.camel@mattotaupa> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: Received: from mail-gh0-f174.google.com ([209.85.160.174]:55696 "EHLO mail-gh0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753163Ab2HQRcF (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Aug 2012 13:32:05 -0400 Received: by ghrr11 with SMTP id r11so4220712ghr.19 for ; Fri, 17 Aug 2012 10:32:04 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1344808456.4275.66.camel@mattotaupa> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Paul Menzel Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org On 08/12/2012 05:54 PM, Paul Menzel wrote: > Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2012 23:43:42 +0200 > > Building Linux for an ASUS Eee PC 701 4G with > > ata2.00: CFA: SILICONMOTION SM223AC, , max UDMA/66 > ata2.00: 7815024 sectors, multi 0: LBA > ata2.00: configured for UDMA/66 > scsi 1:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA SILICONMOTION SM n/= a PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 > sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] 7815024 512-byte logical blocks: (4.00 GB/= 3.72 GiB) > sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off > sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 > sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: disabled, read cache: enabled= , doesn't support DPO or FUA > sda: sda1 > sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk > sd 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0 > > I followed the advice to not use the deprecated old PATA subsystem > > ATA/ATAPI/MFM/RLL support (DEPRECATED) ---> > > and use the ATA subsystem instead. > > Serial ATA and Parallel ATA drivers ---> > > Unfortunately I needed several tries to find out, that I needed the S= =46F > menu I had not selected before because I had never heard that term > before. I think it would have helped me, to have PATA or legacy IDE i= n > that item=E2=80=99s name. > > Signed-off-by: Paul Menzel > --- > If you can improve the commit summary, I would be thankful. > > drivers/ata/Kconfig | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/ata/Kconfig b/drivers/ata/Kconfig > index 2be8ef1..27cecd3 100644 > --- a/drivers/ata/Kconfig > +++ b/drivers/ata/Kconfig > @@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ config SATA_SIL24 > If unsure, say N. > > config ATA_SFF > - bool "ATA SFF support" > + bool "ATA SFF support (for legacy IDE and PATA)" > default y > help > This option adds support for ATA controllers with SFF applied