From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] remove ide-scsi
Date: Sat, 06 Dec 2008 18:50:16 -0500
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Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> Given five years this is too-less-too-late by my book.  Especially given
> that you are still talking about the "goal" not the actual "code"...

As noted in other reply, libata has been actively moving in that 
direction, by intentionally isolating the SCSI pieces from the rest of 
the code, and by working to get the prerequisites upstream (e.g. block 
layer timeouts).

	Jeff