Re: [PATCH] via82cxxx IDE: Remove /proc/via entry

From: Al Viro
Date: Wed Sep 28 2005 - 17:37:43 EST


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 <dsd@xxxxxxxxxx>

Care to explain
* where to get equivalent information?
* what hardware setup has more than one of those controllers?
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