Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 18 Nov 2005 21:39:29 +0100 | From | Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] via82cxxx IDE: Remove /proc/via entry |
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On 10/13/05, Daniel Drake <dsd@gentoo.org> 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.
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