Re: [PATCH] via82cxxx IDE: Remove /proc/via entry

From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
Date: Fri Nov 18 2005 - 15:39:14 EST


On 10/13/05, Daniel Drake <dsd@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Grzegorz Kulewski wrote:
> >>> As a user of this controller, I think that if it is not then this patch
> >>> should be changed to export it or should be dropped. The data from that
> >>> file is really helpfull in debugging problems (for example related to
> >>> bad
> >>> cables or breaking disks/cdroms).
>
> Per Bart's suggestion, I've created a user-space app which shows identical
> data (and doesn't even rely on the via82cxxx IDE driver).
>
> http://www.reactivated.net/software/viaideinfo/
>
> So, I think we should be clear to drop /proc/ide/via now.

patch applied, thanks for working on this
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