Re: [PATCH 0/8] qla4xxx: new driver -- request for review.

Doug Maxey
2005-10-27T18:31:36Z

On Tue, 06 Sep 2005 15:08:41 PDT, Andrew Vasquez wrote:
>All,
>
>Here's a first-pass run for submission-review of the qla4xxx driver for
>QLogic's ISP4010 and ISP4022 products.
>
>The patchset breaks-down as follows:
>
>o Driver definitions
>o initialisation routines
>o OS integration files
>o iSNS routines
>o ISR routines
>o Mailbox routines
>o Support routines
>o Settings
>
>There's still quite a bit of work to do:
>
>- All command-queueing has been removed, so cable-pulls cannot be
> tolerated. We need to complete the iSCSI transport integration
> (which seems to no be present).
>
> Are the iSCSI block()/unblock() routines moving forward similarly to
> FC and now SAS? Mike Christie had submitted patches:
>
> [PATCH] add block/unblock to iscsi class
> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-scsi&m=111201856631844&w=2
>
> some time back. Why were the patches dropped?
>
>- Request-queue management cleanup
>
>- iSNS code rework
>
>- Additional cruft removal (unused structures and functions)
>
>
>All patches can be found at the following URL:
>
> ftp://ftp.qlogic.com/outgoing/linux/iSCSI/upstream/5.00.03b15-k/
>
>Comments and criticisms welcomed.

Any new patches in the pipeline?

Looking for volunteers?

++doug