From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Markus Lidel Subject: Re: I2O enhancement for Adaptec management software Date: Thu, 08 Apr 2004 15:14:57 +0200 Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <40755051.8030201@shadowconnect.com> References: <40712A47.4090903@shadowconnect.com> <1081159378.4679.1.camel@laptop.fenrus. com> <20040405110524.A3987@infradead.org> <20040405101007.GA27710@devserv.de vel.redhat.com> <20040405111245.A4077@infradead.org> <1081370204.1747.5.camel@mulgrave> <40751B18.9040403@shadowconnect.com> <1081427380.1885.4.camel@mulgrave> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from [213.133.118.2] ([213.133.118.2]:44178 "EHLO mail.shadowconnect.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261744AbUDHNNQ (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Apr 2004 09:13:16 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1081427380.1885.4.camel@mulgrave> List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: James Bottomley Cc: Christoph Hellwig , Arjan van de Ven , SCSI Mailing List Hello, >>Than i have to move the patch to the i2o_scsi driver, because the >>i2o_scsi uses the SCSI subsystem already. But IMHO the i2o_config driver >>is better suited, cause the patch is only needed for the management >>software. One last question, could i use the SG list building function >>without using the SCSI layer? > Yes. All sg functions are in block. Without the SCSI framework, you > lose the mid-layer managing sglist allocation, so you'd have to do that > yourself, but every other non-scsi block driver also has that problem. Okay, sounds reasonable. I'll look at it. Maybe than dpt_i2o can benefit too ;-) Thanks very much for the great hint! Best regards, Markus Lidel ------------------------------------------ Markus Lidel (Senior IT Consultant) Shadow Connect GmbH Carl-Reisch-Weg 12 D-86381 Krumbach Germany Phone: +49 82 82/99 51-0 Fax: +49 82 82/99 51-11 E-Mail: Markus.Lidel@shadowconnect.com URL: http://www.shadowconnect.com