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Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:15:27 -0400 From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org> To: kristen.c.accardi@...el.com CC: Mark Lord <liml@....ca>, Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>, Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>, linux-ide@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] ata: ahci: power off unused ports Kristen Carlson Accardi wrote: > Here you can see that it would be very easy for another driver > to just add code to set the NO_HOTPLUG flag and then this code > will work for them as well, since we power off the phy using > DET which is specified by SATA. > here's that code: Agreed. The main discussion in this sub-thread is more about user interface. The user interface in this case, a module option, is specific to AHCI. Surely you can see how it is a bit silly to force each driver writer to create the same user interface in each driver, to support a generic concept. Jeff -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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