From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stefan Richter Subject: Re: [PATCH #upstream-fixes] libata: Add transport class for libata Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:34:04 +0200 Message-ID: <48AAAFAC.9050502@s5r6.in-berlin.de> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Gwendal Grignou Cc: IDE/ATA development list , linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org 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 -=====-==--- =--- =--== http://arcgraph.de/sr/