From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hannes Reinecke Subject: Re: [PATCH] libata: device suspend/resume Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 09:14:20 +0200 Message-ID: <4292D44C.2040102@suse.de> References: <20050523201535.GA24298@havoc.gtf.org> <1116880875.5021.34.camel@mulgrave> <20050523204516.GA28058@havoc.gtf.org> <1116886206.5021.42.camel@mulgrave> <20050524062128.GT9855@suse.de> <4292CF5D.90809@pobox.com> <20050524070714.GU9855@suse.de> <4292D37C.5020700@pobox.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: Received: from mx1.suse.de ([195.135.220.2]:29597 "EHLO mx1.suse.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261393AbVEXHOW (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 May 2005 03:14:22 -0400 In-Reply-To: <4292D37C.5020700@pobox.com> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Jeff Garzik Cc: Jens Axboe , James Bottomley , SCSI Mailing List , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Jeff Garzik wrote: > Jens Axboe wrote: >> On Tue, May 24 2005, Jeff Garzik wrote: >>> I can describe how this will look when libata is divorced from SCSI= , >>> if you would like, too... >> >> I was beginning to dispair you had given up that plan... >=20 > hehe, nope. I promised Linus, and I plan to keep my promise :) >=20 > I know how to do it. Internally things have been kept as separate as > possible from the SCSI layer. >=20 > Bart even hinted at possibly using libata-without-SCSI for future > /dev/hdX support. It's certainly doable. >=20 AAArgh! No, not again! We've finally succeeded in convincing everyone that having '/dev/sdX' instead of '/dev/hdX' was a neccessary step forward. I think we're getting shot if we now tell them to reverse this _again_. Can we at least have it optional? Or are you talking about linux-3.X ? Cheers, Hannes --=20 Dr. Hannes Reinecke hare@suse.de SuSE Linux AG S390 & zSeries Maxfeldstra=DFe 5 +49 911 74053 688 90409 N=FCrnberg http://www.suse.de