@@ -528,58 +528,12 @@ static int ide_driver_proc_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	return single_open(file, ide_driver_proc_show, PDE_DATA(inode));
 }
 
-static int ide_replace_subdriver(ide_drive_t *drive, const char *driver)
-{
-	struct device *dev = &drive->gendev;
-	int ret = 1;
-	int err;
-
-	device_release_driver(dev);
-	/* FIXME: device can still be in use by previous driver */
-	strlcpy(drive->driver_req, driver, sizeof(drive->driver_req));
-	err = device_attach(dev);
-	if (err < 0)
-		printk(KERN_WARNING "IDE: %s: device_attach error: %d\n",
-			__func__, err);
-	drive->driver_req[0] = 0;
-	if (dev->driver == NULL) {
-		err = device_attach(dev);
-		if (err < 0)
-			printk(KERN_WARNING
-				"IDE: %s: device_attach(2) error: %d\n",
-				__func__, err);
-	}
-	if (dev->driver && !strcmp(dev->driver->name, driver))
-		ret = 0;
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
-static ssize_t ide_driver_proc_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buffer,
-				     size_t count, loff_t *pos)
-{
-	ide_drive_t	*drive = PDE_DATA(file_inode(file));
-	char name[32];
-
-	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
-		return -EACCES;
-	if (count > 31)
-		count = 31;
-	if (copy_from_user(name, buffer, count))
-		return -EFAULT;
-	name[count] = '\0';
-	if (ide_replace_subdriver(drive, name))
-		return -EINVAL;
-	return count;
-}
-
 static const struct file_operations ide_driver_proc_fops = {
 	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
 	.open		= ide_driver_proc_open,
 	.read		= seq_read,
 	.llseek		= seq_lseek,
 	.release	= single_release,
-	.write		= ide_driver_proc_write,
 };
 
 static int ide_media_proc_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)