[PATCH v2 3/4] ata: add APM X-Gene SoC 6.0Gbps SATA PHY driver

Tejun Heo tj at kernel.org
Wed Nov 20 10:06:58 EST 2013


Hey, guys.

On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 04:53:16PM -0700, Loc Ho wrote:
> This patch adds support for APM X-Gene SoC 6.0Gbps SATA PHY. This is the
> physical layer interface for the corresponding SATA host controller. This
> driver uses the new PHY generic framework posted by Kishon Vijay Abrahm.

Hmm... this is related to ahci but isn't even a libata driver and is
the first such driver proposed.  Are we sure drivers/ata is the best
home for this?  Shouldn't we create a separate directory somewhere?
It's confusing, at least to me, to have non-libata driver under
drivers/ata.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun



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