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Re: [RFC PATCH] sata_via: Enable hotplug on VT6420

From	Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [RFC PATCH] sata_via: Enable hotplug on VT6420
Date	2017-04-11 02:20 +0200
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Hello,

On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 09:15:34PM +0200, Ondrej Zary wrote:
> VT6420 seems to have the same hotplug capability as VT6421.
> 
> However, enabling hotplug needs to expose SCR registers which can cause
> problems. It works for me but might break elsewhere.

Heh, I'm a bit too nervous to apply this patch after all these years.
If somebody really needs it, we can make it conditional on a boot
parameter or sth but I'm not sure about enabling it by default given
the rocky history and age of the device.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun

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