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From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
To: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] libata: kill ATA_FLAG_SRST
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 10:59:30 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <448D8152.1080902@pobox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060612144100.GB3892@htj.dyndns.org>

Tejun Heo wrote:
> As EDD support is removed, a LLD must implement either SRST or SATA
> reset.  ATA_FLAG_SATA_RESET is enough to represent which one a LLD
> implements.  Kill ATA_FLAG_SRST.
> 
> Note that both flags are already marked obsolete.  ATA_FLAG_SATA_RESET
> will be removed too once all LLDs are converted to new probing
> mechanism.  This partial removal is to make room for a new flag needed
> for new PM.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>

NAK.  This will break too many drivers right now (e.g. even more in the 
#pata-drivers branch).

My suggestion would be to create a patch that converts as many LLDDs as 
you can to the new probing/EH.  Ripping through the bmdma+PHY style 
controllers should be easy, for example.

Additionally, I would appreciate it if you would patch the #pata-drivers 
branch (in a separate patch), if you make a change across all libata 
LLDDs.  Otherwise the pata-drivers branch will _rapidly_ fall behind, 
which is something that I don't want to happen.

Finally, please update Documentation/DocBook/libata.tmpl, at least for 
the ata_port_operations changes made by you.  I can work on updating the 
EH and other sections myself, if you still dislike DocBook :)  But I 
really want the libata driver API reference to stay current.  (Alan 
grumbled at me about this, which I agree)

	Jeff




  parent reply	other threads:[~2006-06-12 14:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-06-12 14:41 [PATCH 1/2] libata: kill ATA_FLAG_SRST Tejun Heo
2006-06-12 14:44 ` [PATCH 2/2] libata: shift ATA_FLAG_* bits to make room for a new flag Tejun Heo
2006-06-12 14:59 ` Jeff Garzik [this message]
2006-06-12 15:09   ` [PATCH 1/2] libata: kill ATA_FLAG_SRST Tejun Heo

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