From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Douglas Gilbert Subject: Re: RFC: moving drivers to a new drivers/ata directory Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 18:37:13 +1000 Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <416F8C39.6010804@torque.net> References: <416F5757.8000306@pobox.com> Reply-To: dougg@torque.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailhub2.uq.edu.au ([130.102.149.128]:52752 "EHLO mailhub2.uq.edu.au") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266611AbUJOIiK (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Oct 2004 04:38:10 -0400 In-Reply-To: <416F5757.8000306@pobox.com> List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Jeff Garzik Cc: SCSI Mailing List , "linux-ide@vger.kernel.org" , Alan Cox Jeff Garzik wrote: > > Eventually I would like to move libata, and a few non-libata driver like > 3ware, to drivers/ata. It would appear in the makefile (and link order) > _after_ drivers/ide and drivers/scsi. > > Comments/objections? A comment: if SAS HBAs ever get installed on motherboards then it won't be obvious to the average user which susbsystem they should configure (i.e. ATA/SATA or SCSI/SAS). In both cases an internal SATA disk could be connected via a SATA cable to a plug on the motherboard. So if you do move the drivers to the ata directory it may be useful to stress that it is the category of HBA that is signficant rather than the device at the far end of the cable. Doug Gilbert