From: "Martin K. Petersen (Oracle)" <mkp@kernel.org>
To: Ethan Nelson-Moore <enelsonmoore@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Is anyone using ACARD/ARTOP SCSI cards?
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2026 21:47:38 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <yq1fqz8veyy.fsf@mail.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADkSEUjRczET4zoHo944F-Tj=bK5w_SbSzwPoSfKh5EOniEhRQ@mail.gmail.com>
Ethan,
> drivers/scsi/atp870u.c is almost impossible to understand, and thus
> unmaintainable, because it uses magic numbers for all access to
> hardware registers. I would guess that this was done intentionally in
> a misguided attempt at IP protection. Is anyone using ACARD/ARTOP SCSI
> cards? If not, the driver should probably just be removed. What do the
> maintainers think?
My last user contact was about a decade ago. I suspect we can probably
retire this.
However, undocumented hardware interface aside, the driver is simple
enough that it hasn't been much of a maintenance burden.
--
Martin K. Petersen
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2026-09-11 4:18 Is anyone using ACARD/ARTOP SCSI cards? Ethan Nelson-Moore
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