Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758224AbYHHQeX (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Aug 2008 12:34:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752211AbYHHQeH (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Aug 2008 12:34:07 -0400 Received: from astoria.ccjclearline.com ([64.235.106.9]:53309 "EHLO astoria.ccjclearline.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757080AbYHHQeG (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Aug 2008 12:34:06 -0400 Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2008 12:32:23 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost.localdomain To: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: worth separating serial from parallel ATA kernel options? Message-ID: User-Agent: Alpine 1.10 (LFD 962 2008-03-14) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - astoria.ccjclearline.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crashcourse.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1148 Lines: 28 asked from a position of appalling ignorance, but would it be more organized to be able to select serial ATA functionality separately from parallel ATA? i ask only because the current (lengthy) menu seems to randomly mix them together and, more significantly, serial ATA is categorized as production level, while parallel ATA is still tagged as experimental. just wondering ... rday p.s. it's also amusing to see that things in that menu graduate from "EXPERIMENTAL" to "Very Experimental" to "HIGHLY EXPERIMENTAL". i'm scared to see where this goes next. :-) -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry: Have classroom, will lecture. http://crashcourse.ca Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA ======================================================================== -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/