linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Port ricoh_mmc from driver to pci quirk.

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Date:	Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:30:36 +0100
From:	Pierre Ossman <pierre@...man.eu>
To:	Philip Langdale <philipl@...rt.org>
Cc:	Maxim Levitsky <maximlevitsky@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Port ricoh_mmc from driver to pci quirk.

On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:53:24 -0800
Philip Langdale <philipl@...rt.org> wrote:

> On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:58:41 +0200
> Maxim Levitsky <maximlevitsky@...il.com> wrote:
> 
> > >From 5c5e6f5ab1a5a09a430f410cab4b160a5e65501c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00
> > >2001
> > From: Maxim Levitsky <maximlevitsky@...il.com>
> > Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:37:46 +0200
> > Subject: [PATCH] Port ricoh_mmc from driver to pci quirk.
> >  This is much cleaner and correct solution
> 
> I'm fine with the concept, but when I originally started work on
> Ricoh support, Pierre specifically didn't want a pci quirk.
> 
> Pierre wrote:
> > I'd rather we didn't. The current style of quirks are bad enough,
> > making them even more vendor or device specific is a bit more than I'm
> > willing to accept right now (seriously, how hard can it be to follow
> > the damn spec?).
> 
> Pierre's not officially the maintainer anymore but I still respect his
> opinions here. Given that a pci quirk solves this problem so simply,
> I think it's justified at this point.
> 
> Pierre, do you want to comment?
> 

I was talking about the quirks mechanism in sdhci, not pci quirks. :)

I have no objections to this patch.

> 
> I would at least suggest a printk so ensure people know this is
> happening - otherwise there's no visible evidence that the system
> even has an MMC controller that's been disabled.
> 

Agreed. There might be cases where we cause problems since we don't
fully understand this hardware.

Rgds
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     -- Pierre Ossman

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