Re: [PATCH] ide: legacy VLB drivers housekeeping
From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>
Date: 2011-02-07 12:58:49
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On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 1:13 PM, Sergei Shtylyov [off-list ref] wrote:
Hello.
Hi,
On 07-02-2011 13:53, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:quoted
* remove stale documentation * remove dead ALWAYS_SET_DTC2278_PIO_MODE code from dtc2278 * remove legacy debugging code from ht6560bquoted
There should be no functional changes caused by this patch.quoted
Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz<bzolnier@gmail.com>[...]quoted
Index: b/drivers/ide/ali14xx.c ===================================================================--- a/drivers/ide/ali14xx.c +++ b/drivers/ide/ali14xx.c@@ -7,32 +7,7 @@* * Works for ALI M1439/1443/1445/1487/1489 chipsets. * - * Adapted from code developed by derekn@vw.ece.cmu.edu. -ml - * Derek's notes follow: - * - * I think the code should be pretty understandable, - * but I'll be happy to (try to) answer questions. - * - * The critical part is in the setupDrive function. The initRegisters - * function doesn't seem to be necessary, but the DOS driver does it, so - * I threw it in. - * - * I've only tested this on my system, which only has one disk. I posted - * it to comp.sys.linux.hardware, so maybe some other people will try it - * out. - * - * Derek Noonburg (derekn@ece.cmu.edu) - * 95-sep-26 - * - * Update 96-jul-13: - * - * I've since upgraded to two disks and a CD-ROM, with no trouble, and - * I've also heard from several others who have used it successfully. - * This driver appears to work with both the 1443/1445 and the 1487/1489 - * chipsets. I've added support for PIO mode 4 for the 1487. This - * seems to work just fine on the 1443 also, although I'm not sure it's - * advertised as supporting mode 4. (I've been running a WDC AC21200 in - * mode 4 for a while now with no trouble.) -Derek + * Adapted from code developed by Derek Noonburg[off-list ref]. - mlThe patch is line-wrapped...
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And above...
Sorry for that, I somehow managed to not notice it until now.. (ah, the joys of fresh OS installation)..