The device control register exists and its address is set by scc_setup_ports(), hence the check is useless... Signed-off-by: Sergei Shtylyov <sshtylyov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- The patch is against the recent Linus' tree. drivers/ata/pata_scc.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6/drivers/ata/pata_scc.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/ata/pata_scc.c +++ linux-2.6/drivers/ata/pata_scc.c @@ -903,8 +903,7 @@ static void scc_postreset(struct ata_lin } /* set up device control */ - if (ap->ioaddr.ctl_addr) - out_be32(ap->ioaddr.ctl_addr, ap->ctl); + out_be32(ap->ioaddr.ctl_addr, ap->ctl); DPRINTK("EXIT\n"); } -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html