From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matthew Wilcox Subject: Re: [Bug 10226] BusLogic Flashpoint SCSI Adapter not working with x86_64 kernels Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:11:35 -0600 Message-ID: <20080313171135.GL613@parisc-linux.org> References: <200803122125.50161.us-@gmx.de> <1205357733.2941.160.camel@localhost.localdomain> <200803130709.44066.us-@gmx.de> <20080313125508.GF613@parisc-linux.org> <20080313164537.GA21995@infradead.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from palinux.external.hp.com ([192.25.206.14]:48068 "EHLO mail.parisc-linux.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751952AbYCMRLh (ORCPT ); Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:11:37 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080313164537.GA21995@infradead.org> Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: Christoph Hellwig Cc: Ulrich Schweitzer , James Bottomley , Boaz Harrosh , Andrew Morton , bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 12:45:37PM -0400, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 06:55:08AM -0600, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > > How does this look? I've inverted the sense of the flashpoint config > > option and neatened up the PCI-less support while I was there. > > I think it's a good start. Long-term flashpoint should either die or > become a driver of it's own - these cards have very little in common > with the regular intelligent buslogic cards and if you look at the > driver it's full of if (flashpoint) in every major function. Completely agreed about the long term direction. I'm not volunteering to work on this particular obsolescent driver though. Advansys is quite enough trouble for me. -- Intel are signing my paycheques ... these opinions are still mine "Bill, look, we understand that you're interested in selling us this operating system, but compare it to ours. We can't possibly take such a retrograde step."