scsi_remove_device - detach and remove a SCSI device
    scsi_remove_host - detach and remove all SCSI devices owned by host
    scsi_report_bus_reset - report scsi _bus_ reset observed
-   scsi_set_device - place device reference in host structure
    scsi_track_queue_full - track successive QUEUE_FULL events 
    scsi_unblock_requests - allow further commands to be queued to given host
    scsi_unregister - [calls scsi_host_put()]
 void scsi_report_bus_reset(struct Scsi_Host * shost, int channel)
 
 
-/**
- * scsi_set_device - place device reference in host structure
- * @shost: a pointer to a scsi host instance
- * @pdev: pointer to device instance to assign
- *
- *      Returns nothing
- *
- *      Might block: no
- *
- *      Defined in: include/scsi/scsi_host.h .
- **/
-void scsi_set_device(struct Scsi_Host * shost, struct device * dev)
-
-
 /**
  * scsi_track_queue_full - track successive QUEUE_FULL events on given
  *                      device to determine if and when there is a need
 
                sh->sg_tablesize = numSGE;
        }
 
-       /* Set the pci device pointer in Scsi_Host structure.
-        */
-       scsi_set_device(sh, &ioc->pcidev->dev);
-
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ioc->FreeQlock, flags);
 
        hd = (MPT_SCSI_HOST *) sh->hostdata;
 
                sh->sg_tablesize = numSGE;
        }
 
-       /* Set the pci device pointer in Scsi_Host structure.
-        */
-       scsi_set_device(sh, &ioc->pcidev->dev);
-
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ioc->FreeQlock, flags);
 
        hd = (MPT_SCSI_HOST *) sh->hostdata;
 
                 continue;
             }
 
-           scsi_set_device(shp, dev);
-
             /* Save a pointer to the Scsi_Host of each board found. */
             asc_host[asc_board_count++] = shp;
 
 
     }
     p->host_no = host->host_no;
   }
-  scsi_set_device(host, &p->pdev->dev);
   return (p);
 }
 
 
       DEBUG_PCI(printk("  PciDev->baseaddress[3]= %lx\n", 
                                PciDev->resource[3].start));
 
-      scsi_set_device(HostAdapter, &PciDev->dev);
       HostAdapter->irq = PciDev->irq;  // copy for Scsi layers
       
       // HP Tachlite uses two (255-byte) ranges of Port I/O (lower & upper),
 
    }
    shpnt->irq = interrupt_level;
    shpnt->io_port = port_base;
-   scsi_set_device(shpnt, &pdev->dev);
    shpnt->n_io_port = 0x10;
    print_banner( shpnt );
 
 
             ha->virt_bus = hdr_channel;
 
 
-#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,0)
-            scsi_set_device(shp, &pcistr[ctr].pdev->dev);
-#else
+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,0)
             scsi_set_pci_device(shp, pcistr[ctr].pdev);
 #endif
             if (!(ha->cache_feat & ha->raw_feat & ha->screen_feat &GDT_64BIT)||
 
        scsi_destroy_command_freelist(shost);
        kfree(shost->shost_data);
 
-       /*
-        * Some drivers (eg aha1542) do scsi_register()/scsi_unregister()
-        * during probing without performing a scsi_set_device() in between.
-        * In this case dev->parent is NULL.
-        */
        if (parent)
                put_device(parent);
        kfree(shost);
 
       #define IPS_UNREGISTER_HOSTS(SHT)
       #define IPS_ADD_HOST(shost,device)   do { scsi_add_host(shost,device); scsi_scan_host(shost); } while (0)
       #define IPS_REMOVE_HOST(shost)       scsi_remove_host(shost)
-      #define IPS_SCSI_SET_DEVICE(sh,ha)   scsi_set_device(sh, &(ha)->pcidev->dev)
+      #define IPS_SCSI_SET_DEVICE(sh,ha)   do { } while (0)
       #define IPS_PRINTK(level, pcidev, format, arg...)                 \
             dev_printk(level , &((pcidev)->dev) , format , ## arg)
    #endif
 
        host->max_channel = 1;
        host->unique_id = ata_unique_id++;
        host->max_cmd_len = 12;
-       scsi_set_device(host, ent->dev);
+
        scsi_assign_lock(host, &host_set->lock);
 
        ap->flags = ATA_FLAG_PORT_DISABLED;
 
 
        // export the parameters required by the mid-layer
        scsi_assign_lock(host, adapter->host_lock);
-       scsi_set_device(host, &adapter->pdev->dev);
 
        host->irq               = adapter->irq;
        host->unique_id         = adapter->unique_id;
 
         * your module_init */
        BUG_ON(!ncr53c8xx_transport_template);
        instance->transportt    = ncr53c8xx_transport_template;
-       scsi_set_device(instance, device->dev);
 
        /* Patch script to physical addresses */
        ncr_script_fill(&script0, &scripth0);
 
        host->unique_id = data->BaseAddress;
        host->n_io_port = data->NumAddress;
        host->base      = (unsigned long)data->MmioAddress;
-#if (LINUX_VERSION_CODE > KERNEL_VERSION(2,5,63))
-       scsi_set_device(host, &PCIDEV->dev);
-#else
+#if (LINUX_VERSION_CODE <= KERNEL_VERSION(2,5,63))
        scsi_set_pci_device(host, PCIDEV);
 #endif
 
 
                                printk("qlogicfc%d : could not register host.\n", hosts);
                                continue;
                        }
-                       scsi_set_device(host, &pdev->dev);
                        host->max_id = QLOGICFC_MAX_ID + 1;
                        host->max_lun = QLOGICFC_MAX_LUN;
                        hostdata = (struct isp2x00_hostdata *) host->hostdata;
 
                memset(hostdata, 0, sizeof(struct isp1020_hostdata));
 
                hostdata->pci_dev = pdev;
-               scsi_set_device(host, &pdev->dev);
 
                if (isp1020_init(host))
                        goto fail_and_unregister;
 
        shost->host_lock = lock;
 }
 
-static inline void scsi_set_device(struct Scsi_Host *shost,
-                                   struct device *dev)
-{
-        shost->shost_gendev.parent = dev;
-}
-
 static inline struct device *scsi_get_device(struct Scsi_Host *shost)
 {
         return shost->shost_gendev.parent;