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Heinrich Schuchardt Feb. 25, 2020, 9:04 p.m. UTC
Remove invalid URLs for "Information Technology - AT Attachment-3 Interface
(ATA-3)".

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk at gmx.de>
---
 include/ata.h | 4 ----
 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)

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2.25.0

Comments

Tom Rini Feb. 25, 2020, 9:30 p.m. UTC | #1
On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 10:04:53PM +0100, Heinrich Schuchardt wrote:

> Remove invalid URLs for "Information Technology - AT Attachment-3 Interface
> (ATA-3)".
> 
> Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk at gmx.de>
> ---
>  include/ata.h | 4 ----
>  1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/ata.h b/include/ata.h
> index 3f4e4a0234..aecb9cd589 100644
> --- a/include/ata.h
> +++ b/include/ata.h
> @@ -7,10 +7,6 @@
>  /*
>   * Most of the following information was derived from the document
>   * "Information Technology - AT Attachment-3 Interface (ATA-3)"
> - * which can be found at:
> - * http://www.dt.wdc.com/ata/ata-3/ata3r5v.zip
> - * ftp://poctok.iae.nsk.su/pub/asm/Documents/IDE/ATA3R5V.ZIP
> - * ftp://ftp.fee.vutbr.cz/pub/doc/io/ata/ata-3/ata3r5v.zip
>   */
> 
>  #ifndef	_ATA_H

In this case, it looks like some of the relevant information about the
spec, "Revision 5v" is encoded in the URL.  I can't find a new link for
it, but we should keep that information in the comment.  Thanks!
Heinrich Schuchardt Feb. 26, 2020, 3:57 a.m. UTC | #2
On 2/25/20 10:30 PM, Tom Rini wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 10:04:53PM +0100, Heinrich Schuchardt wrote:
>
>> Remove invalid URLs for "Information Technology - AT Attachment-3 Interface
>> (ATA-3)".
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk at gmx.de>
>> ---
>>   include/ata.h | 4 ----
>>   1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/include/ata.h b/include/ata.h
>> index 3f4e4a0234..aecb9cd589 100644
>> --- a/include/ata.h
>> +++ b/include/ata.h
>> @@ -7,10 +7,6 @@
>>   /*
>>    * Most of the following information was derived from the document
>>    * "Information Technology - AT Attachment-3 Interface (ATA-3)"
>> - * which can be found at:
>> - * http://www.dt.wdc.com/ata/ata-3/ata3r5v.zip
>> - * ftp://poctok.iae.nsk.su/pub/asm/Documents/IDE/ATA3R5V.ZIP
>> - * ftp://ftp.fee.vutbr.cz/pub/doc/io/ata/ata-3/ata3r5v.zip
>>    */
>>
>>   #ifndef	_ATA_H
>
> In this case, it looks like some of the relevant information about the
> spec, "Revision 5v" is encoded in the URL.  I can't find a new link for
> it, but we should keep that information in the comment.  Thanks!
>

Hello Tom,

revision 5v is an early draft of ANSI X3.298-1997. On Jan 27th, 1997
there was a draft 7b. Google finds it when you look for 'ata-3-std.pdf
site:github.com'.

The final standard ANSI X3.298-1997 is for sale here:
https://webstore.ansi.org/standards/incits/ansix32981997

So I think we should simply point to the standard.

Best regards

Heinrich
Tom Rini Feb. 26, 2020, 4:05 a.m. UTC | #3
On Wed, Feb 26, 2020 at 04:57:51AM +0100, Heinrich Schuchardt wrote:
> On 2/25/20 10:30 PM, Tom Rini wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 10:04:53PM +0100, Heinrich Schuchardt wrote:
> > 
> > > Remove invalid URLs for "Information Technology - AT Attachment-3 Interface
> > > (ATA-3)".
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk at gmx.de>
> > > ---
> > >   include/ata.h | 4 ----
> > >   1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/include/ata.h b/include/ata.h
> > > index 3f4e4a0234..aecb9cd589 100644
> > > --- a/include/ata.h
> > > +++ b/include/ata.h
> > > @@ -7,10 +7,6 @@
> > >   /*
> > >    * Most of the following information was derived from the document
> > >    * "Information Technology - AT Attachment-3 Interface (ATA-3)"
> > > - * which can be found at:
> > > - * http://www.dt.wdc.com/ata/ata-3/ata3r5v.zip
> > > - * ftp://poctok.iae.nsk.su/pub/asm/Documents/IDE/ATA3R5V.ZIP
> > > - * ftp://ftp.fee.vutbr.cz/pub/doc/io/ata/ata-3/ata3r5v.zip
> > >    */
> > > 
> > >   #ifndef	_ATA_H
> > 
> > In this case, it looks like some of the relevant information about the
> > spec, "Revision 5v" is encoded in the URL.  I can't find a new link for
> > it, but we should keep that information in the comment.  Thanks!
> > 
> 
> Hello Tom,
> 
> revision 5v is an early draft of ANSI X3.298-1997. On Jan 27th, 1997
> there was a draft 7b. Google finds it when you look for 'ata-3-std.pdf
> site:github.com'.
> 
> The final standard ANSI X3.298-1997 is for sale here:
> https://webstore.ansi.org/standards/incits/ansix32981997

Yes.

> So I think we should simply point to the standard.

I think we need to note what revision of the standard we wrote to, for
future "hey, wait, there's a corner case we get wrong because we coded
to an old draft" issues.
Heinrich Schuchardt Feb. 26, 2020, 7 p.m. UTC | #4
On 2/26/20 5:05 AM, Tom Rini wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 26, 2020 at 04:57:51AM +0100, Heinrich Schuchardt wrote:
>> On 2/25/20 10:30 PM, Tom Rini wrote:
>>> On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 10:04:53PM +0100, Heinrich Schuchardt wrote:
>>>
>>>> Remove invalid URLs for "Information Technology - AT Attachment-3 Interface
>>>> (ATA-3)".
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk at gmx.de>
>>>> ---
>>>>    include/ata.h | 4 ----
>>>>    1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/include/ata.h b/include/ata.h
>>>> index 3f4e4a0234..aecb9cd589 100644
>>>> --- a/include/ata.h
>>>> +++ b/include/ata.h
>>>> @@ -7,10 +7,6 @@
>>>>    /*
>>>>     * Most of the following information was derived from the document
>>>>     * "Information Technology - AT Attachment-3 Interface (ATA-3)"
>>>> - * which can be found at:
>>>> - * http://www.dt.wdc.com/ata/ata-3/ata3r5v.zip
>>>> - * ftp://poctok.iae.nsk.su/pub/asm/Documents/IDE/ATA3R5V.ZIP
>>>> - * ftp://ftp.fee.vutbr.cz/pub/doc/io/ata/ata-3/ata3r5v.zip
>>>>     */
>>>>
>>>>    #ifndef	_ATA_H
>>>
>>> In this case, it looks like some of the relevant information about the
>>> spec, "Revision 5v" is encoded in the URL.  I can't find a new link for
>>> it, but we should keep that information in the comment.  Thanks!
>>>
>>
>> Hello Tom,
>>
>> revision 5v is an early draft of ANSI X3.298-1997. On Jan 27th, 1997
>> there was a draft 7b. Google finds it when you look for 'ata-3-std.pdf
>> site:github.com'.
>>
>> The final standard ANSI X3.298-1997 is for sale here:
>> https://webstore.ansi.org/standards/incits/ansix32981997
>
> Yes.
>
>> So I think we should simply point to the standard.
>
> I think we need to note what revision of the standard we wrote to, for
> future "hey, wait, there's a corner case we get wrong because we coded
> to an old draft" issues.
>

ata.h includes libata.h which is at least partially based on ATA/ATAPI-7
(a later standard than ATA-3). Many defines in ata.h are simply
duplicate or unused and should be removed. ata.h contains definitions of
variables that are not in the draft 7b ATA-3 standard.

I have no document indicating if there ever was a revision 5v or if this
is just our assumption due to the file name.

As ata.h is not based on a single revision of the ATA standard a
reference to some draft revision will not provide guidance to any future
developer. The future developer anyway will not have access to such a
revision.

Best regards

Heinrich
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diff --git a/include/ata.h b/include/ata.h
index 3f4e4a0234..aecb9cd589 100644
--- a/include/ata.h
+++ b/include/ata.h
@@ -7,10 +7,6 @@ 
 /*
  * Most of the following information was derived from the document
  * "Information Technology - AT Attachment-3 Interface (ATA-3)"
- * which can be found at:
- * http://www.dt.wdc.com/ata/ata-3/ata3r5v.zip
- * ftp://poctok.iae.nsk.su/pub/asm/Documents/IDE/ATA3R5V.ZIP
- * ftp://ftp.fee.vutbr.cz/pub/doc/io/ata/ata-3/ata3r5v.zip
  */

 #ifndef	_ATA_H