From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: Serial Attached SCSI Driver Interface (SDI) Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 13:01:36 -0500 Message-ID: <4198EF00.2010305@pobox.com> References: <60807403EABEB443939A5A7AA8A7458B5C0F3D@otce2k01.adaptec.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:60354 "EHLO www.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261651AbUKOSBz (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 Nov 2004 13:01:55 -0500 In-Reply-To: <60807403EABEB443939A5A7AA8A7458B5C0F3D@otce2k01.adaptec.com> Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: "Salyzyn, Mark" Cc: "Tuikov, Luben" , SCSI Mailing List , Eric.Moore@lsil.com Salyzyn, Mark wrote: > CSMI is an ioctl mechanism. Have incorporated this interface into my > working version of the driver. Duplication is already showing, witness > Eric Moore's (rejected) submission. > > The T10 document Luben refers to, is to start the groundwork and does > not list any specific interface yet. March 2006 is the `public release > data' ... Get your comments in now! ug. These ioctl mechanisms almost always (a) have design flaws [which cannot be corrected, since they are in a spec] and (b) duplicate other functionality of the Linux kernel. The SNIA ioctl mess is a great example of this. Without any additional info, my first reaction is that this is yet more stuff Linux doesn't need. Jeff