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From: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
To: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
Cc: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>,
	unsik Kim <donari75@gmail.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Linux IDE mailing list <linux-ide@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] mg_disk: fix dependency on libata
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 13:08:53 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <49F3DE55.8070302@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <49F3DCD5.2070909@garzik.org>

Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Actually...  NVMHCI[1] uses the same style of id string extraction, even
> though its command set is wholly new and unrelated to ATA.  I copied
> into drivers/block/nvmhci.c[2] id_string, id_c_string and another
> useful, generic routine: ata_wait_register.
>
> So, once nvmhci goes upstream, that will be a third copy...  nvmhci
> still has rough edges, but it's mainly waiting on hardware "it works"
> verification at this point.

For two copies, copying seems to be the right way to go.  For many
more copies, making a library function is.  Three is a difficult
number.  Maybe just make these inline functions for now?

Thanks.

-- 
tejun

  reply	other threads:[~2009-04-26  4:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <200904251509.11912.bzolnier@gmail.com>
     [not found] ` <49F3D994.7020304@kernel.org>
2009-04-26  4:02   ` [PATCH 2/3] mg_disk: fix dependency on libata Jeff Garzik
2009-04-26  4:08     ` Tejun Heo [this message]
2009-04-26  4:11       ` Jeff Garzik
2009-04-26  9:39   ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2009-04-26  4:04 ` Jeff Garzik
2009-04-26  9:53   ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz

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