From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
To: Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@panasas.com>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>,
James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com>,
Matthew Wilcox <willy@linux.intel.com>,
achim_leubner@adaptec.com,
linux-scsi <linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC 0/16] gdth combined patchset & call for testers
Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 17:00:32 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <47000E70.8090204@garzik.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <46FFFC8C.6080804@panasas.com>
Boaz Harrosh wrote:
> [8/16] gdth: Remove virt hosts - Christoph && Boaz
> Here we need an executive decision! The issue is as stated by Christoph:
>
> "The virt_ctr option allows to register a new scsi_host for each bus
> on the raid controller. This non-default option makes no sense with
> the current scsi code and prevents cleaning up the host registration,
> so remove it."
>
> I agree. This is just exactly the same as done buy scsi-ml scans but only
> more resource consuming. Unless I'm totally missing something, perhaps it is
> just a leftover from old kernels.
>
> But if it is decided that this "virt_ctr" fixture is absolutely needed than
> I have a patch for re-enabling it at: "after the patchset", done in a different
> way. Because for now it prevents the cleanups I need.
>
> Also this patch can Just be merged with [7/16] but I wanted it separate in the
> case we decide for "virt_ctr" fixture return.
I definitely agree too (that virt_ctr should go away).
My only worry is that this breaks somebody in the field. Given that it
is apparently a non-default option, I think that worry can be overlooked.
Jeff
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-09-30 21:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 47+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-09-30 19:44 [RFC 0/16] gdth combined patchset & call for testers Boaz Harrosh
2007-09-30 19:50 ` [PATCH 1/16] gdth: split out isa probing Boaz Harrosh
2007-10-02 17:17 ` Rolf Eike Beer
2007-10-03 16:00 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-09-30 19:50 ` [PATCH 2/16] gdth: split out eisa probing Boaz Harrosh
2007-10-02 17:20 ` Rolf Eike Beer
2007-10-03 17:27 ` Christoph Hellwig
2007-10-03 17:32 ` Rolf Eike Beer
2007-10-03 17:38 ` Christoph Hellwig
2007-10-03 17:59 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-10-03 18:05 ` Christoph Hellwig
2007-10-03 18:07 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-09-30 19:55 ` [PATCH 3/16] gdth: split out pci probing Boaz Harrosh
2007-09-30 19:57 ` [PATCH 4/16] gdth: Remove 2.4.x support, in-kernel changelog Boaz Harrosh
2007-09-30 19:58 ` [PATCH 5/16] gdth: kill gdth_{read,write}[bwl] wrappers Boaz Harrosh
2007-09-30 19:59 ` [PATCH 6/16] Reorder scsi_host_template intitializers Boaz Harrosh
2007-09-30 20:01 ` [PATCH 7/16] gdth: make some virt ctrlr code common Boaz Harrosh
2007-09-30 21:22 ` Christoph Hellwig
2007-09-30 20:03 ` [PATCH 8/16] gdth: Remove virt hosts Boaz Harrosh
2007-09-30 20:06 ` [PATCH 9/16] gdth: clean up host private data Boaz Harrosh
2007-09-30 21:23 ` Christoph Hellwig
2007-09-30 20:09 ` [PATCH 10/16] gdth: gdth_get_status() return pointer to host not its index Boaz Harrosh
2007-09-30 21:26 ` Christoph Hellwig
2007-10-02 11:04 ` Boaz Harrosh
2007-10-02 11:10 ` Boaz Harrosh
2007-09-30 20:10 ` [PATCH 11/16] gdth: switch to modern scsi host registration Boaz Harrosh
2007-09-30 20:12 ` [PATCH 12/16] gdth: Remove gdth_ctr_tab[] Boaz Harrosh
2007-09-30 20:13 ` [PATCH 13/16] gdth: Make one abuse of scsi_cmnd less obvious Boaz Harrosh
2007-09-30 21:28 ` Christoph Hellwig
2007-09-30 23:21 ` Matthew Wilcox
2007-10-01 13:56 ` Boaz Harrosh
2007-10-01 14:23 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-09-30 20:14 ` [PATCH 14/16] gdth: Setup proper per-command private data Boaz Harrosh
2007-09-30 20:16 ` [PATCH 15/16] gdth: Move members from SCp to gdth_cmndinfo, stage 2 Boaz Harrosh
2007-10-02 18:02 ` Rolf Eike Beer
2007-10-03 18:15 ` Christoph Hellwig
2007-09-30 20:17 ` [PATCH 16/16] gdth: !use_sg cleanup and use of scsi accessors Boaz Harrosh
2007-10-01 14:06 ` Boaz Harrosh
2007-10-01 14:19 ` [PATCH 16/16 ver2] " Boaz Harrosh
2007-09-30 21:00 ` Jeff Garzik [this message]
2007-09-30 21:07 ` [RFC 0/16] gdth combined patchset & call for testers Jeff Garzik
2007-09-30 21:36 ` Christoph Hellwig
2007-09-30 22:53 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-09-30 21:27 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-10-01 14:29 ` Boaz Harrosh
2007-09-30 21:33 ` Christoph Hellwig
2007-09-30 22:53 ` Jeff Garzik
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