linux-kernel - Re: [patch] pata_winbond: fix module init

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Message-ID: <4C6AC942.9000205@pobox.com>
Date:	Tue, 17 Aug 2010 13:39:14 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
CC:	Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>,
	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>,
	linux-ide@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] pata_winbond: fix module init

On 08/17/2010 06:07 AM, Alan Cox wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Aug 2010 08:29:40 +0200
> Dan Carpenter<error27@...il.com>  wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 09:23:03PM +0200, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Dan,
>>>
>>> On Tuesday 03 August 2010 05:27:47 pm Dan Carpenter wrote:
>>>> winbond_init_one() returns 0 on success and an error code on failure.
>>>> In the original code, we always just released the regions and return
>>>> -ENODEV.  This was introduce in 2006 by 7e45b0e5f6f6 "[PATCH] libata:
>>>> Winbond support".
>>>
>>> You might like to pick up
>>>
>>> 	http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/39358/
>>>
>>> instead..
>>>
>>
>> I don't have the hardware, but yes, probably it's better to replace this
>> driver since it has never been able to load.
>
> It was obsoleted into pata_legacy before it was ever finalised -
> unfortunately I could then not get Jeff to delete it.

Easy enough to delete now...


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