| Submitter | Paul Menzel |
|---|---|
| Date | Aug. 12, 2012, 9:54 p.m. |
| Message ID | <1344808456.4275.66.camel@mattotaupa> |
| Download | mbox | patch |
| Permalink | /patch/176806/ |
| State | Not Applicable |
| Delegated to: | David Miller |
| Headers | show |
Comments
On 08/12/2012 05:54 PM, Paul Menzel wrote: > Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2012 23:43:42 +0200 > > Building Linux for an ASUS Eee PC 701 4G with > > ata2.00: CFA: SILICONMOTION SM223AC, , max UDMA/66 > ata2.00: 7815024 sectors, multi 0: LBA > ata2.00: configured for UDMA/66 > scsi 1:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA SILICONMOTION SM n/a PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 > sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] 7815024 512-byte logical blocks: (4.00 GB/3.72 GiB) > sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off > sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 > sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: disabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA > sda: sda1 > sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk > sd 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0 > > I followed the advice to not use the deprecated old PATA subsystem > > ATA/ATAPI/MFM/RLL support (DEPRECATED) ---> > > and use the ATA subsystem instead. > > Serial ATA and Parallel ATA drivers ---> > > Unfortunately I needed several tries to find out, that I needed the SFF > menu I had not selected before because I had never heard that term > before. I think it would have helped me, to have PATA or legacy IDE in > that item’s name. > > Signed-off-by: Paul Menzel <paulepanter@users.sourceforge.net> > --- > If you can improve the commit summary, I would be thankful. > > drivers/ata/Kconfig | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/ata/Kconfig b/drivers/ata/Kconfig > index 2be8ef1..27cecd3 100644 > --- a/drivers/ata/Kconfig > +++ b/drivers/ata/Kconfig > @@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ config SATA_SIL24 > If unsure, say N. > > config ATA_SFF > - bool "ATA SFF support" > + bool "ATA SFF support (for legacy IDE and PATA)" > default y > help > This option adds support for ATA controllers with SFF applied -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Patch
diff --git a/drivers/ata/Kconfig b/drivers/ata/Kconfig index 2be8ef1..27cecd3 100644 --- a/drivers/ata/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/ata/Kconfig @@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ config SATA_SIL24 If unsure, say N. config ATA_SFF - bool "ATA SFF support" + bool "ATA SFF support (for legacy IDE and PATA)" default y help This option adds support for ATA controllers with SFF
Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2012 23:43:42 +0200 Building Linux for an ASUS Eee PC 701 4G with ata2.00: CFA: SILICONMOTION SM223AC, , max UDMA/66 ata2.00: 7815024 sectors, multi 0: LBA ata2.00: configured for UDMA/66 scsi 1:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA SILICONMOTION SM n/a PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] 7815024 512-byte logical blocks: (4.00 GB/3.72 GiB) sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: disabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA sda: sda1 sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk sd 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0 I followed the advice to not use the deprecated old PATA subsystem ATA/ATAPI/MFM/RLL support (DEPRECATED) ---> and use the ATA subsystem instead. Serial ATA and Parallel ATA drivers ---> Unfortunately I needed several tries to find out, that I needed the SFF menu I had not selected before because I had never heard that term before. I think it would have helped me, to have PATA or legacy IDE in that item’s name. Signed-off-by: Paul Menzel <paulepanter@users.sourceforge.net> --- If you can improve the commit summary, I would be thankful. drivers/ata/Kconfig | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)