Re: [2.6 patch] remove ata_cable_sata()

[Alan Cox]

> I thought that you could simply set .flags in a driver without needing 
> any helper for .cable_detect .

In some cases yes, but exporting the complete set provides a logical and
complete API for drivers in case they do need to do so.
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