From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
To: Brian King <brking@us.ibm.com>
Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/15] libata: Stop using host->max_cmd_len
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 21:03:07 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4420B05B.6090702@pobox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200603172304.k2HN4YEF019986@d03av01.boulder.ibm.com>
Brian King wrote:
> In preparation for SAS attached SATA devices, quit using
> the max_cmd_len in the scsi_host struct.
>
> Signed-off-by: Brian King <brking@us.ibm.com>
I see this as a bit of a hack. In general, its best to inform upper
layers of known limits as soon as possible. For the non-SAS case, for
that point of view, this patch is a regression.
Jeff
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-03-22 2:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-03-17 23:04 [PATCH 06/15] libata: Stop using host->max_cmd_len Brian King
2006-03-22 2:03 ` Jeff Garzik [this message]
2006-03-22 23:29 ` Brian King
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