[PATCH]460EX on-chip SATA driver <Kernel 2.6.33> < resubmission >

[Alan Cox]

On Wed, 19 May 2010 10:49:59 +0900
Jassi Brar <jassisinghbrar at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 2:57 AM, Rupjyoti Sarmah <rsarmah at amcc.com> wrote:
> > This patch enables the on-chip DWC SATA controller of the AppliedMicro processor 460EX.
> 
> The controller seems to be a thrid party IP (from Synopsys) in your
> SoC and there are many chances the IP will appear in some other
> SOCs too. This implementation doesn't seem to take care of that
> scenario.

I'd question if that is worth it seriously. At the point there are
multiple users of the device you know what it will look like. Until then
you neither know if the work is needed nor what will require abstracting.

Lazy evaluation is good for code too ;)

Alan