[PATCH 1/1] UBUNTU: SAUCE: ata_piix: add a disable_driver option

[Andy Whitcroft]

We need to be able to fully disable the ata_piix driver from the kernel
command line.  Add a generic disable_driver to the module init to
completely short circuit the initialisation.

BugLink: http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/994870
Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw at canonical.com>
---
 drivers/ata/ata_piix.c |    7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/ata/ata_piix.c b/drivers/ata/ata_piix.c
index 1952869..0d2cf7e 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/ata_piix.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/ata_piix.c
@@ -1708,10 +1708,16 @@ static void piix_remove_one(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 	ata_pci_remove_one(pdev);
 }
 
+static bool disable_driver = 0;
 static int __init piix_init(void)
 {
 	int rc;
 
+	if (disable_driver) {
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "ata_piix: driver disabled completely\n");
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	DPRINTK("pci_register_driver\n");
 	rc = pci_register_driver(&piix_pci_driver);
 	if (rc)
@@ -1732,3 +1738,4 @@ module_init(piix_init);
 module_exit(piix_exit);
 
 module_param(prefer_ms_hyperv, int, 0);
+module_param(disable_driver, bool, 0);
-- 
1.7.9.5