From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sergei Shtylyov Subject: Re: [PATCH] remove ide-scsi Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2008 02:42:42 +0300 Message-ID: <493B0DF2.4090901@ru.mvista.com> References: <20081203103856S.fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp> <200812061551.08525.bzolnier@gmail.com> <20081206120001.3580b9e3@tuna> <200812062241.35601.bzolnier@gmail.com> <20081206222423.04aada70@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <493B022B.3050406@ru.mvista.com> <493B0A8E.7000506@garzik.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from homer.mvista.com ([63.81.120.155]:9009 "EHLO imap.sh.mvista.com" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752844AbYLFXmw (ORCPT ); Sat, 6 Dec 2008 18:42:52 -0500 In-Reply-To: <493B0A8E.7000506@garzik.org> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Jeff Garzik Cc: Alan Cox , Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz , =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Dan_No=E9?= , James Bottomley , Christoph Hellwig , FUJITA Tomonori , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, osst@riede.org Hello. Jeff Garzik wrote: >>>> I think that for the time being it is best to just proceed with the >>>> removal >>>> and see if there are any users needing the driver (+ we should >>>> probably try >>>> SCSI/libata/osst path first). >>>> >>> >>> Far better to just leave it there. It generally works for users so all >>> you are doing is creating a regression with no possible benefit (other >>> than encouraging people to move to libata so we can obsolete all of >>> drivers/ide - which is what we really need to do and move the last few >>> users over) >>> >> >> Oh, yes. SCSI emulation is just what Linux embedded world is asking >> for... > > The goal is to make SCSI emulation optional for ATA devices, by > creating a libata ATA block device driven by the libata driver framework. Please remind me for how many years this remains a goal? > Jeff MBR, Sergei