linux-kernel - Re: libata: make parallel port scan a per-host opt-in feature

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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.00.0901091657090.6528@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Fri, 9 Jan 2009 16:58:08 -0800 (PST)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
cc:	linux-ide@...r.kernel.org,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	jgarzik@...ox.net
Subject: Re: libata: make parallel port scan a per-host opt-in feature



On Fri, 9 Jan 2009, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> 
> 
> On Fri, 9 Jan 2009, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> >  
> > +	if (!hpriv->cap & HOST_CAP_SSS)
> > +		host->flags |= ATA_HOST_PARALLEL_SCAN;
> > +
> 
> I don't think that does what you think it does.

And furthermore I'm surprised gcc doesn't warn about it. It would seem to 
be an obvious thing to warn about. I'll see what a sparse warning would 
look like.

		Linus
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