Re: [RFC PATCH 00/10] isci: core

Jeff Garzik
2011-03-15T17:47:16Z

On 03/10/2011 05:54 AM, Dan Williams wrote:
> The full driver and history is available in git:
>
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/djbw/isci.git master
>
> The libsas-pending branch contains proposed libsas fixes (pending
> acceptance into scsi-misc):
>
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/djbw/isci.git libsas-pending
>
> The x86-pending branch contains a proposed api for mapping bios roms so
> the driver can retrieve configuration parameters (pending acceptance
> into -tip):
>
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/djbw/isci.git x86-pending
>
> --
> Dan for the isci driver team
>
>
> [1]: http://marc.info/?l=linux-scsi&m=129703780424729&w=2
>
> ---
>
> Dan Williams (10):
> isci/core: controller
> isci/core: phy
> isci/core: port
> isci/core: remote device
> isci/core: remote node context
> isci/core: stp
> isci/core: request (general, ssp and smp)
> isci/core: unsolicited frame handling and registers
> isci/core: base state machine and memory descriptors
> isci/core: common definitions and utility functions

Let's get this driver into staging for 2.6.39, if it isn't going to hit
the merge window for 2.6.39.

It would lame for such [presumably] high volume hardware to be in
neither the main kernel, nor staging, at 2.6.39 release time.

Jeff