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Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:47:25 +0300
From: Sergei Shtylyov <sshtylyov@ru.mvista.com>
Organization: MontaVista Software Inc.
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To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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       Alan Cox <alan@linux.intel.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] pata: Update experimental tags
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Hello.

Alan Cox wrote:

  >>Having separate drivers wasn't the best decisions from the maintainability
>>point-of-view.   It added needless complexity (different chips share the same

> It was most definitely a good decision, having maintained both sets of

    Separating HPT36x was grounded enough decision but I can't say the same 
of the separation of HPT3xxN.

> drivers at different times. It also makes it possible to do things the
> way highpoint does

    Oh, don't remind me of that stupid code mostly not worth copying from...

>>PCI IDs which make detection across multiple drivers extremely painful) and
>>confusion (i.e. would you have guessed that HPT302 is supported by pata_hpt37x
>>while HPT302N by pata_hpt3x2n?).

    How about HPT371N? ;-)

WBR, Sergei
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