From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932209AbWGGRZ7 (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Jul 2006 13:25:59 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932220AbWGGRZ7 (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Jul 2006 13:25:59 -0400 Received: from outbound2.mail.tds.net ([216.170.230.92]:15328 "EHLO outbound2.mail.tds.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932209AbWGGRZ6 (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Jul 2006 13:25:58 -0400 Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2006 12:22:51 -0500 (CDT) From: David Lloyd To: Jeff Garzik cc: Alan Cox , "Randy.Dunlap" , jamagallon@ono.com, akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6.17-mm6 In-Reply-To: <44AE966F.8090506@garzik.org> Message-ID: References: <20060703030355.420c7155.akpm@osdl.org> <20060705234347.47ef2600@werewolf.auna.net> <20060705155602.6e0b4dce.akpm@osdl.org> <20060706015706.37acb9af@werewolf.auna.net> <20060705170228.9e595851.akpm@osdl.org> <20060706163646.735f419f@werewolf.auna.net> <20060706164802.6085d203@werewolf.auna.net> <20060706234425.678cbc2f@werewolf.auna.net> <20060706145752.64ceddd0.akpm@osdl.org> <1152288168.20883.8.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20060707175509.14ea9187@werewolf.auna.net> <1152290643.20883.25.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20060707093432.571af16e.rdunlap@xenotime.net> <1152292196.20883.48.camel@localhost.localdomain> <44AE966F.8090506@garzik.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 7 Jul 2006, Jeff Garzik wrote: > Alan Cox wrote: >> Also its dangerous to assume "pata_*" is a PATA driver, it may be SATA >> with a bridge chip, and in some cases like the ATI this is quite common. > > Incorrect; what you describe is the core assumption underlying the "ata_", > "pata_", and "sata_" prefixes. > > If the user can attached PATA and SATA devices to a controller, its prefix is > ata_ So sata_promise will change to ata_promise at some point? - DML