From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ondrej Zary Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/71] More fixes, cleanup and modernization for NCR5380 drivers Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2015 10:16:25 +0100 Message-ID: <201511201016.26302.linux@rainbow-software.org> References: <20151118083455.331768508@telegraphics.com.au> <20151120073354.GA26080@infradead.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from smtp-1b.atlantis.sk ([80.94.52.26]:54121 "EHLO smtp-1b.atlantis.sk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S934888AbbKTJQd (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Nov 2015 04:16:33 -0500 In-Reply-To: Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: Finn Thain Cc: Christoph Hellwig , Sam Creasey , Michael Schmitz , "James E.J. Bottomley" , linux-m68k@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Friday 20 November 2015, Finn Thain wrote: > > On Thu, 19 Nov 2015, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > > On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 06:21:06PM +1100, Finn Thain wrote: > > > > > > Not sure what module was being probed here. I presume it was > > > > g_NCR5380 or g_NCR5380_mmio. Neither of these calls > > > > 'scsi_scan_host'. I'm not sure what the implications are (?) > > > > > > Nevermind. The call is in scsi_module.c. > > > > Which, btw really need to go away. If you want to resurrect the > > ISA drivers they need to be converted to proper probing. > > Yes. I didn't do that conversion because I don't have ISA hardware and I > don't understand ISA probing. > > The present patch set doesn't seek to resurrect the ISA drivers. But I am > trying to avoid regressions. > > I have mixed feelings about the ISA drivers. ISA DMA support complicates > things (it was never completed) and DMA seems to be the main obstacle to > merging the two core driver forks. IIRC, my ISA cards can't do DMA either. -- Ondrej Zary