From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "HighPoint Linux Team" Subject: Re: [PATCH] hptiop: backout ioctl mess Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 10:53:29 +0800 Message-ID: <08ce01c6b44c$82b8ef70$1200a8c0@gmm> References: <20060730171336.GA31646@lst.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from stats.hypersurf.com ([209.237.0.12]:19980 "EHLO stats.hypersurf.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932436AbWGaCvz (ORCPT ); Sun, 30 Jul 2006 22:51:55 -0400 Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: Christoph Hellwig , jejb@steeleye.com Cc: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org Christoph Hellwig wrote: > The hptiop just got merged with a horrible amount of really bad ioctl > code that is against the standards for new scsi drivers. This patch > backs it out (and fixes a small bug where scsi_add_host is called to > early). We can re-add proper APIs once we agree on them. What is the standard implemetation of private ioctls for scsi drivers? Thanks. HighPoint Linux Team