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From: Al Viro <viro@ftp.linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] via82cxxx IDE: Remove /proc/via entry
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 23:37:18 +0100
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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?