Re: [PATCH 21/28] aha152x: drop bus reset

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On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 10:25:09AM +0200, Hannes Reinecke wrote:
> From: Hannes Reinecke <hare@xxxxxxxx>
> 
> The bus reset function is a subset of host reset, but will always
> return SUCCESS. But as the host reset also invokes a reset for
> all ports there is a possibility that the bus reset will not be
> able to fully reset the HBA, leading to a blocked system.
> So drop bus reset completely.

Wouldn't the more conservative option be to remove the host_reset
handler?  This driver is old and little used, and the existing
code will never have used the host_reset handler due to the fact
that the bus_reset handler always returns SUCCESS?



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