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From: Al Viro <viro@ftp.linux.org.uk>
To: Daniel Drake <dsd@gentoo.org>
Cc: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>,
	jgarzik@pobox.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, posting@blx4.net, vsu@altlinux.ru
Subject: Re: [PATCH] via82cxxx IDE: Remove /proc/via entry
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 23:37:18 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050928223718.GB7992@ftp.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <433B16BD.7040409@gentoo.org>

On Wed, Sep 28, 2005 at 11:18:37PM +0100, Daniel Drake wrote:
> This entry adds needless complication to the driver as it requires the use 
> of
> global variables to be passed into via_get_info(), making things quite ugly
> when we try and make this driver support multiple controllers 
> simultaneously.
> 
> This patch removes /proc/via for simplicity.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Drake <dsd@gentoo.org>

Care to explain
	* where to get equivalent information?
	* what hardware setup has more than one of those controllers?

  reply	other threads:[~2005-09-28 22:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-08-30 14:27 [PATCH] Add VIA VT6410 support Daniel Drake
2005-08-30 15:12 ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2005-09-02  0:28   ` [PATCH] via82cxxx IDE: Support multiple controllers Daniel Drake
2005-09-09 22:19     ` Daniel Drake
2005-09-27 13:20     ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2005-09-28 22:18       ` [PATCH] via82cxxx IDE: Remove /proc/via entry Daniel Drake
2005-09-28 22:37         ` Al Viro [this message]
2005-09-28 23:00           ` [PATCH] via82cxxx IDE: Remove /proc/ide/via entry Daniel Drake
2005-09-29  7:26             ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2005-09-28 22:48         ` [PATCH] via82cxxx IDE: Remove /proc/via entry Grzegorz Kulewski
2005-09-29  7:27           ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2005-10-09 15:18             ` Grzegorz Kulewski
2005-10-13 22:52               ` Daniel Drake
2005-11-18 20:39                 ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2005-09-28 22:22       ` [PATCH] via82cxxx IDE: Support multiple controllers (v2) Daniel Drake
2005-11-04 10:52         ` Daniel Drake
2005-11-18 20:41           ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2005-10-12 15:38       ` [PATCH] via82cxxx IDE: Support multiple controllers Daniel Drake
2005-10-12 15:49         ` Jeff Garzik
2005-10-12 15:57         ` Daniel Drake
2005-10-12 17:52           ` Alan Cox
2005-10-13 11:45             ` Alan Cox
2005-10-13 14:41               ` Mark Lord
2005-10-13 15:29                 ` Alan Cox

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