Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751010AbVI1WhY (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Sep 2005 18:37:24 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751138AbVI1WhX (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Sep 2005 18:37:23 -0400 Received: from zeniv.linux.org.uk ([195.92.253.2]:43416 "EHLO ZenIV.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751010AbVI1WhX (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Sep 2005 18:37:23 -0400 Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 23:37:18 +0100 From: Al Viro To: Daniel Drake Cc: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz , jgarzik@pobox.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, posting@blx4.net, vsu@altlinux.ru Subject: Re: [PATCH] via82cxxx IDE: Remove /proc/via entry Message-ID: <20050928223718.GB7992@ftp.linux.org.uk> References: <43146CC3.4010005@gentoo.org> <58cb370e05083008121f2eb783@mail.gmail.com> <43179CC9.8090608@gentoo.org> <58cb370e050927062049be32f8@mail.gmail.com> <433B16BD.7040409@gentoo.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <433B16BD.7040409@gentoo.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 770 Lines: 19 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 Care to explain * where to get equivalent information? * what hardware setup has more than one of those controllers? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/