Re: [PATCH] remove ide-scsi

Jeff Garzik
2008-12-06T23:28:38Z

Sergei Shtylyov wrote:
> Hello.
>
> Alan Cox 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.

Jeff