From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-alma10-1.taild15c8.ts.net [100.103.45.18]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 76B872FBE for ; Thu, 17 Sep 2026 01:47:40 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1789609661; cv=none; b=YY1U8EYlu+CXcPQeq6Ax+at3Y9MQKc10vBmhJ0D+JNeGmRf2BJ2zAuaawC9eG1+DJPy4GFAQDVu+ofO63S0qhjYxMwOVFdnhiYyjIiGU76+9AqBU4fyg0isCNxBF1VkLzgOFDIyrxWsLDuKfhSuroawDLWQB2L6g65qjoaPqmSI= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1789609661; c=relaxed/simple; bh=NLWT5JTYYL6P8nzYXfo/ru1DMQd9Pc1Klzc8dWCV46c=; h=To:Cc:Subject:From:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:References:Date: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=jtMcI9M2KaAn5XiCL7Pf9MUR9V5D6vtGC/kKHHPiZQ/mLj3yh9h1RumklhMGnnQs0XpCO+jaoy3adg+YWxaW06StSiDDaqDTcEqCRx4AT77m8lHrVN0WgT9M2uz6YcL9mm2D6rUp1WDaSt5mHJBTxMZy59H/dX/98SV36neQTW0= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=IuUtyPv6; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="IuUtyPv6" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id BED4D1F000FF; Thu, 17 Sep 2026 01:47:39 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kernel.org; s=k20260515; t=1789609660; bh=UXuhy+pJZQ7PadWumO8xM5E7XheODBfRsLzU/D16leg=; h=To:Cc:Subject:From:In-Reply-To:References:Date; b=IuUtyPv6ihpFlwz0hnM27lS0ClgZZsYQud0e2Vg5ktjacKG+tkEykEuHWkjG/+2IG iknsCu3H9JOkgfjoRHQX7VHvHgrlRm0B2AdtGl8gTtd0mwqYc+GBRWtOtePO0SM8jM 1k5LeE3qQDZ5LF0q/kZQb9FG+EV/nrQNeGeCZviZd2bqTuCMCBC5s7OtAp6qGCUtL2 fnW+Gt0lQd18U+67qX+Bv+aUnMQWf9nxVbnzpnOOukVqWT7LwcVqQXmaJoiz27psRY WqwBQ4lSEW2BRNiesUFppajOBNjJs2BvH7hm5amP3LLO7TsaIQ3C97MS7ah7fqZ1gU ZKNqeOUHD7+2w== To: Ethan Nelson-Moore Cc: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Is anyone using ACARD/ARTOP SCSI cards? From: "Martin K. Petersen (Oracle)" In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2026 21:47:38 -0400 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain 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