From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matthew Wilcox Subject: Re: [PATCH] New QStor SATA/RAID Driver for 2.6.9-rc2 Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 14:13:11 +0100 Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <20040915131311.GD642@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> References: <414711AC.5030200@rtr.ca> <41471A84.4090200@pobox.com> <4147C38C.3000104@torque.net> <414839F0.20008@rtr.ca> <20040915125545.GE4111@suse.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:49558 "EHLO www.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264113AbUIONNQ (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Sep 2004 09:13:16 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040915125545.GE4111@suse.de> List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: Jens Axboe Cc: Mark Lord , dougg@torque.net, Jeff Garzik , linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Sep 15, 2004 at 02:55:46PM +0200, Jens Axboe wrote: > The remaining piece (well the biggest one at least) is a nice /dev/disk > abstraction. That's currently the biggest obstacle to nice generic block > drivers, not the infrastructure. I'll just take this opportunity to plug /dev/drive over /dev/disk. Not only does it avoid the disc/disk dialect problem, it is also more accurate in the case of removable media. -- "Next the statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince himself that the war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep he enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception." -- Mark Twain