From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Daniel Drake Subject: Re: [PATCH] via82cxxx IDE: Remove /proc/ide/via entry Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 00:00:17 +0100 Message-ID: <433B2081.9050607@gentoo.org> References: <43146CC3.4010005@gentoo.org> <58cb370e05083008121f2eb783@mail.gmail.com> <43179CC9.8090608@gentoo.org> <58cb370e050927062049be32f8@mail.gmail.com> <433B16BD.7040409@gentoo.org> <20050928223718.GB7992@ftp.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mta09-winn.ispmail.ntl.com ([81.103.221.49]:8551 "EHLO mta09-winn.ispmail.ntl.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751217AbVI1XLT (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Sep 2005 19:11:19 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20050928223718.GB7992@ftp.linux.org.uk> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Al Viro Cc: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz , jgarzik@pobox.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, posting@blx4.net, vsu@altlinux.ru Hi Al, (btw, original subject was wrong, I actually meant /proc/ide/via) Al Viro wrote: > Care to explain > * where to get equivalent information? I don't think there is anywhere else that provides the whole range, but I do question the usefulness of most of it :) Here's my previous attempt at this patch: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-ide&m=112630444000358&w=2 If you can point out a way to keep /proc/ide/via around without causing the kind of ugliness found above, then maybe Bart can be persuaded to keep it around :) > * what hardware setup has more than one of those controllers? I'm pushing to get a simple patch merged, which adds ID's for a VIA VT6410 controller. Apparently these are available in PCI-card form as well as onboard-PCI-chip form. Bart raised the concern that this driver wouldn't cope well with 2 different controllers in use, so I'm trying to address this. Thanks, Daniel