Re: [PATCH RFC v3 2/2] m68k/q40: add data_swab option for pata_falcon to byte-swap disk data

Geert Uytterhoeven
2023-08-21T07:47:07Z

Hi Finn,

On Sat, Aug 19, 2023 at 1:53 AM Finn Thain <fthain@linux-m68k.org> wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Aug 2023, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > Of course 0 also works, but causes ".0" to be appended to the platform
> > device's name, visible in e.g. /sys/bus/platform/devices/.
>
> That seems desirable to me.

Why would it be desirable?
IMHO this is an unneeded change which is visible in userspace.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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