From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
To: Nathan Bryant <nbryant@optonline.net>
Cc: Mark Lord <lsml@rtr.ca>,
linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org,
James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@steeleye.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] New QStor SATA/RAID Driver for 2.6.9-rc2
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 13:02:49 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <41472439.4060300@pobox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <41471EA9.70806@optonline.net>
Nathan Bryant wrote:
> Jeff Garzik wrote:
>
>> Linus vetoed future SCSI->ATA translators. He only allowed libata
>> because I promised to remove the translation and make it a native
>> block driver in the future, which I have been working towards.
>
>
> Oh, this is incredibly good to hear. It definitely clarifies the path
> towards implementing new features such as power management...
>
> Is this written up in a FAQ somewhere?
Not AFAIK.
The basic rule is "don't translate the native protocol into something
else." and it has been in place for quite a while.
I was allowed a one-time exception for libata, which translates the
native ATA into SCSI. The SCSI portions are separated into
libata-scsi.c so that they may be easily excised or made optional (likely).
Jeff
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-09-14 17:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-09-14 15:43 [PATCH] New QStor SATA/RAID Driver for 2.6.9-rc2 Mark Lord
2004-09-14 16:21 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-09-14 16:23 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-09-14 16:39 ` Nathan Bryant
2004-09-14 17:02 ` Jeff Garzik [this message]
2004-09-15 4:22 ` Douglas Gilbert
2004-09-15 4:30 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-09-15 12:47 ` Mark Lord
2004-09-15 12:55 ` Jens Axboe
2004-09-15 13:13 ` Matthew Wilcox
2004-09-15 16:14 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-09-15 17:01 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-09-15 7:02 ` Christoph Hellwig
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2004-09-14 15:42 Mark Lord
2004-09-14 16:00 ` Alan Cox
2004-09-14 17:14 ` Mark Lord
2004-09-14 17:00 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-09-14 17:27 ` Mark Lord
2004-09-14 17:33 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-09-14 17:51 ` Mark Lord
2004-09-14 17:56 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-09-14 18:03 ` Mark Lord
2004-09-14 18:07 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-09-14 18:08 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-09-14 18:25 ` James Bottomley
2004-09-14 18:35 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-09-14 18:51 ` James Bottomley
2004-09-15 2:39 ` Mark Lord
2004-09-15 2:47 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-09-15 12:35 ` Mark Lord
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