From: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
To: Gwendal Grignou <gwendal@google.com>
Cc: IDE/ATA development list <linux-ide@vger.kernel.org>,
linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH #upstream-fixes] libata: Add transport class for libata
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:34:04 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <48AAAFAC.9050502@s5r6.in-berlin.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <e7510f760808182131q1bd3aa4bp694ebff75b612995@mail.gmail.com>
Gwendal Grignou wrote:
> This patch adds objects for accessing libata objects from user space:
> - ata_port class: one per ATA port
> - ata_link class: one per ATA port or 15 for SATA Port Multiplier
> - ata_device class: up to 2 for PATA link, usually one for SATA.
Two outsider questions:
You are adding a userspace interface. What are the stability commitments?
Could you make it configurable, so that people who don't need this
interface can build the kernel without it?
--
Stefan Richter
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http://arcgraph.de/sr/
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-08-19 11:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-08-19 4:31 [PATCH #upstream-fixes] libata: Add transport class for libata Gwendal Grignou
2008-08-19 11:34 ` Stefan Richter [this message]
2008-08-19 12:27 ` Matthew Wilcox
2008-08-19 13:04 ` Stefan Richter
2008-08-19 13:16 ` Stefan Richter
2008-08-19 13:41 ` Stefan Richter
2008-08-19 18:14 ` Gwendal Grignou
2008-08-20 8:17 ` Tejun Heo
2008-08-20 18:55 ` Gwendal Grignou
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