From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753816Ab1JLR75 (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:59:57 -0400 Received: from earthlight.etchedpixels.co.uk ([81.2.110.250]:45982 "EHLO www.etchedpixels.co.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751906Ab1JLR7z (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:59:55 -0400 Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 18:55:07 +0100 From: Alan Cox To: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz Cc: Jeff Garzik , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] pata_cmd64x: remove dead CMD646 rev 1 code Message-ID: <20111012185507.0f0b49b0@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <201110121722.50358.bzolnier@gmail.com> References: <201110111959.04056.bzolnier@gmail.com> <20111011205803.0c696a21@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <201110121722.50358.bzolnier@gmail.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.9 (GTK+ 2.24.4; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Face: 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 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > cmd646r1_bmdma_stop() just calls the standard ata_bmdma_stop() > helper and it has been the case since the driver introduction > by commit 669a5db ("[libata] Add a bunch of PATA drivers.") in > Aug 2006. The question that was asked before I seem to remember was whehter it should be using its own helper. As libata reads the status first it shouldn't so this seems ok But this should all be documented in the changelog or god knows how someone will figure it out in 18 months time if they end up bisecting to it.