From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752998AbXCXQGd (ORCPT ); Sat, 24 Mar 2007 12:06:33 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753159AbXCXQGd (ORCPT ); Sat, 24 Mar 2007 12:06:33 -0400 Received: from mout1.freenet.de ([194.97.50.132]:49950 "EHLO mout1.freenet.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752998AbXCXQGc (ORCPT ); Sat, 24 Mar 2007 12:06:32 -0400 Message-ID: <46054C81.6060501@freenet.de> Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2007 17:06:25 +0100 From: Patrick Ringl User-Agent: Icedove 1.5.0.10 (X11/20070307) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@linux-foundation.org Subject: Re: [PATCH UPDATED][2] cosmetic adaption of drivers/ide/Kconfig concerning SATA References: <45FC763B.1010708@freenet.de> <200703180110.51303.bzolnier@gmail.com> <45FC8847.2060209@freenet.de> <200703232250.18937.bzolnier@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200703232250.18937.bzolnier@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > On Sunday 18 March 2007, Patrick Ringl wrote: > >> Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >>> On Sunday 18 March 2007, Patrick Ringl wrote: >>> >>>> Hello, >>>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> >>>> since especially Serial ATA has it's own menu point now, I guess we can >>>> change the description of the deprecated SATA driver as well, since the >>>> new libATA subsystem is not configured through a SCSI low-level driver >>>> anymore, but has it's own menu point. >>>> >>>> The following patch is against 2.6.21-rc4: >>>> >>>> --- linux-2.6.20.old/drivers/ide/Kconfig 2007-03-18 00:05:11.000000000 +0100 >>>> +++ linux-2.6.20/drivers/ide/Kconfig 2007-03-18 00:09:47.000000000 +0100 >>>> @@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ >>>> ---help--- >>>> There are two drivers for Serial ATA controllers. >>>> >>>> - The main driver, "libata", exists inside the SCSI subsystem >>>> + The main driver, "libata", exists inside the ATA subsystem >>>> >>> Strictly speaking libata is not a separate subsystem (it still uses SCSI >>> subsystem) and "ATA subsystem" may be misleading, since we now have: >>> >>> * "ATA/ATAPI/MFM/RLL support" menu for drivers/ide >>> >>> * "Serial ATA (prod) and Parallel ATA (experimental) drivers" menu for libata >>> >>> What about replacing "exists inside" into "uses" and adding info about >>> the new menu instead? >>> >> Well, that's even a better idea :-) I wasn't that sure about what to do >> .. it's just that it could be misleading since the new (s/p)ata drivers >> are not living in the scsi low-level subsystem anymore, but got their >> own menu point. >> >> Here's a different patch >:) >> > > applied > > [ The patch was whitespace damaged and didn't apply et all > so I had to manually change the Kconfig to merge your change. ] > D'Oh .. Probably due to the fact that I copied it and did not attach it in plain/text. Thanks > Thanks, > Bart > > regards, Patrick