From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/17] libata: implement PCI init helpers for new LLD init model Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 03:27:05 -0400 Message-ID: <44DADFC9.7010700@pobox.com> References: <1154919840689-git-send-email-htejun@gmail.com> <44D96E8E.9020801@pobox.com> <44D9782A.30405@gmail.com> <44D98388.8030005@pobox.com> <1155121214.5729.153.camel@localhost.localdomain> <44DADC67.5060707@tw.ibm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:32723 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751440AbWHJH1c (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Aug 2006 03:27:32 -0400 In-Reply-To: <44DADC67.5060707@tw.ibm.com> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: albertl@mail.com Cc: Alan Cox , Tejun Heo , mlord@pobox.com, uchang@tw.ibm.com, forrest.zhao@intel.com, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Albert Lee wrote: > When libata-bmdma.c is seperated out from libata-core.c, I was wondering why the > BM-DMA PRD table management codes such as ata_sg_setup() are left in libata-core.c, > while the old WD1003/ST-506 like logic ata_tf_load(), ata_exec_command() and ata_check_status() > are moved to the libata-bmdma.c. > > Jeff explained the traditional WD1003 ST-506 registers can be viewed as subset of BM-DMA, > but I still feel strange to call the old WD1003-like IDE controllers on my 386/486 as "BM-DMA"... hehe :) Well I am more than willing to rename it, though its a bit low priority. What would people prefer? libata-sff.c ? Jeff