From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: [patch 03/15] libata: Remove dependence on host_set->dev for SAS Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2006 02:18:43 -0500 Message-ID: <43EAECD3.30505@pobox.com> References: <200602061542.k16FgSYn009049@d01av02.pok.ibm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mail.dvmed.net ([216.237.124.58]:59289 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1422858AbWBIHSp (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Feb 2006 02:18:45 -0500 In-Reply-To: <200602061542.k16FgSYn009049@d01av02.pok.ibm.com> Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: brking@us.ibm.com Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org brking@us.ibm.com wrote: > Remove some of the dependence on the host_set struct > in preparation for supporting SAS HBAs. Adds a struct device > pointer to the ata_port struct. > > Signed-off-by: Brian King Seems like a good idea independent of SAS. My only "objection" is wondering about struct device reference counts, and wondering if we need to worry about that. Did you look over the object lifetimes, to make sure nothing overlaps? Jeff