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From: arnd@arndb.de (Arnd Bergmann)
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2011 20:40:54 +0200
Subject: [PATCH v2] pata-generic/of: Make probing via device tree
	non-powerpc-specific
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On Saturday 17 September 2011 09:37:32 Grant Likely wrote:
> What driver is normally used for versatile express pata?  This driver
> is kind of legacy in that it was created when there was a split
> between platform_device and of_platform_devices.  But that split was a
> bad idea and the same driver should be used regardless of whether or
> not DT is enabled.  pata_of_platform.c really should be removed.

It normally uses the plain pata_platform.c driver.

Note that the pata_of_platform driver is already just a shim on
top of the regular pata_platform driver. They could easily be combined,
but the current state is also ok, since there is very little code
duplication.

	Arnd