Thread (3 messages) 3 messages, 2 authors, 2011-02-07

Re: [PATCH] ide: legacy VLB drivers housekeeping

From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>
Date: 2011-02-07 12:58:49
Also in: lkml

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:
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* remove stale documentation
* remove dead ALWAYS_SET_DTC2278_PIO_MODE code from dtc2278
* remove legacy debugging code from ht6560b
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There should be no functional changes caused by this patch.
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Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz<bzolnier@gmail.com>
[...]
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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].
 -
ml
  The patch is line-wrapped...
[...]
  And above...
Sorry for that,  I somehow managed to not notice it until now..
(ah, the joys of fresh OS installation)..
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