From: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
To: hch@lst.de
Cc: jejb@steeleye.com, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] remove drivers/fc4/
Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2005 12:57:47 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050619.125747.35507641.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20050619113723.GA18757@lst.de>
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Subject: [PATCH] remove drivers/fc4/
Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2005 13:37:24 +0200
> This code doesn't work since 2.2.x times, uses various obsolete APIs,
> pokes into the midlayer code where it shouldn't and thus won't even
> have a chance to compile after my next round of patches.
>
> Let's get rid of it, anyone who wants to resurrect it can find it
> in the archives, and it'll require a major rewrite anyway.
It does work for some people. People do use it.
It built just fine before changes started going in
lately. Removing it is not a magic escape hatch you
get to use because you want to change some interfaces
but don't know how to do so without breaking the
driver.
next parent reply other threads:[~2005-06-19 19:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <20050619113723.GA18757@lst.de>
2005-06-19 19:57 ` David S. Miller [this message]
2005-06-19 20:40 ` [PATCH] remove drivers/fc4/ Christoph Hellwig
2005-06-19 20:44 ` David S. Miller
2005-06-19 21:23 ` Al Viro
2005-06-19 21:28 ` Christoph Hellwig
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