Re: [PATCH] sata_via: kill SATA_PATA_SHARING register handling

[Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>]

Tejun Heo wrote:
> The SATA_PATA_SHARING register doesn't have anything to do with the
> SATA part of the controller.  It indicates whether an extern SATA PHY
> is attached to the PATA part of the controller and if so how it is
> wired.  As the PATA part is driven by pata_via, sata_via has no reason
> to care about that.  Also, pata_via should work fine under all
> configurations.
> 
> This patch removes unnecessary attach failures.  It seems recent via
> chipsets are defaulting to different values or are actually connected
> to SATA PHY triggering this more often.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/ata/sata_via.c |   16 ++--------------
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

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