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From: Borislav Petkov <petkovbb@googlemail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] ide: generic packet command representation
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 06:59:19 +0100
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On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 01:09:24AM +0100, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wro=
te:
>=20
> On Monday 11 February 2008, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> > Hi Bart,
> >=20
> > here's the ide_atapi_pc unification series. It all went pretty smoo=
thly along
> > the search & replace line. Using driver-specific members in ide_ata=
pi_pc like
> > idefloppy_callback and idetape_callback is kinda dumb but this appr=
oach seemed
> > the fastest versus unnecessary callback function signature change t=
hat will
> > touch stuff all over the place. Besides, ide-tape might be gone soo=
n so that
> > would alleviate the problem.
>=20
> applied all four patches, thanks!
>=20
> > On a different note, i noticed ide-scsi might also need a cleanup s=
imilar to the
> > other drivers. It is next on my TODO list in case you don't have an=
ything with a
> > higher prio.
>=20
> I was actually hoping that you'll continue unifying ATAPI handling...

yeah, sure. ide-scsi simply will wander down the prio stack pushed by t=
he other
stuff :)

> [ ide-scsi is orphaned and has (probably) unfixable problems (because=
 of having

does this mean it might have a similar to idetape's destiny...?

--=20
Regards/Gru=DF,
    Boris.