Re: [PATCH 2.6.19-rc1] Toshiba TC86C001 IDE driver

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On 12/13/06, Alan <[email protected]> wrote:

> +static int tc86c001_busproc(ide_drive_t *drive, int state)
> +{

Waste of space having a busproc routine. The maintainer removed all the
usable hotplug support from old IDE so this might as well be dropped.

I took over IDE when hotplug was already broken (late 2.5), moreover IDE
hotplug support has been always a quick hack according to its original author...
I remember your great efforts to fix it but unfortunately they
depended on executing
ioctls on non-existing devices which made them depend on layering
violation in 2.6,
also IDE device model fixes has some conflicts with them.  I take the
blame for not
applying them (for the reasons given above) and for taking much too
long in reviewing/testing them (due to lack of time not bad intention)
but accusing me of
intentional feature removal is going a bit too far...  You can hate me
all you want
for the way I did my entirely volunteer and unpaid job (but hey there
were and still is shortage of ATA hackers and there weren't anybody to
step up and takeover IDE)
but I actually have always taken responsibility/blame for all my
patches and patches
I accepted so if you really think I intentionally removed some usable
hotplug support
please point me to specific patch and describe the regression after
applying this
specific patch and I will do my best to have this regression fixed...

Bart
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