Re: [PATCH pata-2.6] cmd64x: procfs code fixes/cleanups (take 2)

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Hello.

Mikael Pettersson wrote:

While at it, also perform the following cleanups:

...

- correct the chipset names (from CMDxxx to PCI-xxx)

Please explain why this rename is a correction.

  Because the chips are officially named PCI064[036] and PCI-64[89].

Did the company making these chips change name at some point?
Or did they change the names of the chips?

  It's just that Linux named them differently.

CMD64x is an established name, while PCI-xxx is something
I've never heard of (and it sounds awfully generic).

  Specs are available from http://gkernel.sourceforge.net/specs/ -- you can see the names on the first pages.

/Mikael

MBR, Sergei
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