From: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
To: Ondrej Zary <linux@rainbow-software.org>
Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org,
Kernel development list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] sata_via: Enable hotplug on VT6420
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2017 09:14:22 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170411001422.GC29406@wtj.duckdns.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201703312115.34955.linux@rainbow-software.org>
Hello,
On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 09:15:34PM +0200, Ondrej Zary wrote:
> VT6420 seems to have the same hotplug capability as VT6421.
>
> However, enabling hotplug needs to expose SCR registers which can cause
> problems. It works for me but might break elsewhere.
Heh, I'm a bit too nervous to apply this patch after all these years.
If somebody really needs it, we can make it conditional on a boot
parameter or sth but I'm not sure about enabling it by default given
the rocky history and age of the device.
Thanks.
--
tejun
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-04-11 0:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-03-31 18:35 [PATCH] sata_via: Enable hotplug only on VT6421 Ondrej Zary
2017-03-31 19:15 ` [RFC PATCH] sata_via: Enable hotplug on VT6420 Ondrej Zary
2017-04-11 0:14 ` Tejun Heo [this message]
2017-04-11 0:12 ` [PATCH] sata_via: Enable hotplug only on VT6421 Tejun Heo
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