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    [libata] Kconfig: Elaborate that SFF is meant for legacy and PATA stuff · ebd60028
    Paul Menzel authored
    
    
    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: default avatarPaul Menzel <paulepanter@users.sourceforge.net>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
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