This function is a _very_ simplified probe that tried to verify that
the driver is being attached to a PCL-816 compatible board. The function
simply writes some values to specific registers then reads back the
values to see if they are the same.
It's possible that the user could try to attach this driver to a non-
compatible board but the check would still pass depending on the register
map of the board.
Just remove the buggy function to simplify the attach a bit.
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ian Abbott <abbotti@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/pcl816.c | 28 ----------------------------
1 file changed, 28 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/pcl816.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/pcl816.c
index 2e383eb..c0ad0f1 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/pcl816.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/pcl816.c
@@ -714,30 +714,6 @@ setup_channel_list(struct comedi_device *dev,
dev->iobase + PCL816_MUX);
}
-static int pcl816_check(struct comedi_device *dev)
-{
- /* the MUX register should return the same value written */
- outb(0x00, dev->iobase + PCL816_MUX);
- if (inb(dev->iobase + PCL816_MUX) != 0x00)
- return -ENODEV;
- outb(0x55, dev->iobase + PCL816_MUX);
- if (inb(dev->iobase + PCL816_MUX) != 0x55)
- return -ENODEV;
-
- /* reset the MUX register to a known state */
- outb(0x00, dev->iobase + PCL816_MUX);
-
- /* the CONTROL register should return the same value written */
- outb(0x18, dev->iobase + PCL816_CONTROL);
- if (inb(dev->iobase + PCL816_CONTROL) != 0x18)
- return -ENODEV;
-
- /* reset the CONTROL register to a known state */
- outb(0x00, dev->iobase + PCL816_CONTROL);
-
- return 0;
-}
-
static int pcl816_attach(struct comedi_device *dev, struct comedi_devconfig *it)
{
const struct pcl816_board *board = comedi_board(dev);
@@ -754,10 +730,6 @@ static int pcl816_attach(struct comedi_device *dev, struct comedi_devconfig *it)
if (ret)
return ret;
- ret = pcl816_check(dev);
- if (ret)
- return ret;
-
/* we can use IRQ 2-7 for async command support */
if (it->options[1] >= 2 && it->options[1] <= 7) {
ret = request_irq(it->options[1], interrupt_pcl816, 0,
--
1.8.5.2
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