From: Paul Menzel Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2012 21:43:42 +0000 (+0200) Subject: [libata] Kconfig: Elaborate that SFF is meant for legacy and PATA stuff X-Git-Tag: v3.6-rc4~19^2~2 X-Git-Url: https://openfabrics.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ebd600281566ab40fb2e3004af7eacb3375626d1;p=~emulex%2Finfiniband.git [libata] Kconfig: Elaborate that SFF is meant for legacy and PATA stuff 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 Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik --- diff --git a/drivers/ata/Kconfig b/drivers/ata/Kconfig index 2be8ef1d309..27cecd313e7 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