From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
To: Mark Lord <lsml@rtr.ca>
Cc: Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] QStor SATA/RAID driver for 2.6.9-rc3
Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2004 17:44:44 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4165B8CC.7010700@pobox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4165B233.9080405@rtr.ca>
Mark Lord wrote:
> On a related note..
>
> In the longer term, I'd like Jeff & I to get together and agree
> upon some interface changes in libata to make it easier for this
> driver (and others) to share more of the code dealing with
> the emulation of non-data SCSI commands like INQUIRY and friends.
>
> Right now that's not as easy as it could be, due to the specialized
> libata struct parameters required, but I think it could be harmonized.
libata exists as it does simply due to how it evolved.
Please just submit patches containing the changes you want, I'm very
receptive to improvements that increase the breadth of libata's coverage.
As the name implies, libata is just a library of code and nothing more.
A driver could choose to use the to/from FIS functions and none of the
driver architecture, for example. libata exists solely to concentrate
ATA code into a single location.
(similarly, include/linux/ata.h exists to concentrate all ATA-related
defines in one location)
Jeff
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-10-07 21:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 64+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-10-04 19:11 [PATCH] QStor SATA/RAID driver for 2.6.9-rc3 Mark Lord
2004-10-07 13:42 ` Mark Lord
2004-10-07 14:07 ` Christoph Hellwig
2004-10-07 15:35 ` Mark Lord
2004-10-07 15:50 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-10-07 20:17 ` Mark Lord
2004-10-07 20:30 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-10-07 20:34 ` Mark Lord
2004-10-07 20:46 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-10-07 20:54 ` Mark Lord
2004-10-07 21:15 ` Christoph Hellwig
2004-10-07 22:03 ` Mark Lord
2004-10-20 15:44 ` Christoph Hellwig
2004-10-07 23:39 ` PATCH] " Mark Lord
2004-10-13 18:56 ` [PATCH] QStor SATA/RAID driver for 2.6.9-rc4 Mark Lord
2004-10-08 13:19 ` [PATCH] QStor SATA/RAID driver for 2.6.9-rc3 James Bottomley
2004-10-08 15:15 ` Mark Lord
2004-10-08 15:27 ` James Bottomley
2004-10-08 15:34 ` Mark Lord
2004-10-08 15:38 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-10-08 16:01 ` James Bottomley
2004-10-12 17:00 ` Mark Lord
2004-10-12 17:05 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-10-12 17:09 ` James Bottomley
2004-10-12 17:31 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-10-08 15:38 ` Mark Lord
2004-10-08 15:47 ` James Bottomley
2004-10-08 15:49 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-10-12 16:59 ` Mark Lord
2004-10-12 17:03 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-10-12 17:14 ` Mark Lord
2004-10-12 17:19 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-10-12 17:23 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-10-12 17:17 ` James Bottomley
2004-10-12 17:22 ` Mark Lord
2004-10-12 17:30 ` James Bottomley
2004-10-12 17:33 ` Mark Lord
2004-10-12 17:42 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-10-12 17:51 ` Mark Lord
2004-10-12 18:12 ` James Bottomley
2004-10-12 18:36 ` Mark Lord
2004-10-12 18:25 ` driver hacking tips (was Re: [PATCH] QStor SATA/RAID driver for 2.6.9-rc3) Jeff Garzik
2004-10-12 19:18 ` Mark Lord
2004-10-12 19:40 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-10-12 17:34 ` [PATCH] QStor SATA/RAID driver for 2.6.9-rc3 Jeff Garzik
2004-10-07 20:31 ` Christoph Hellwig
2004-10-07 20:35 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-10-07 21:16 ` Mark Lord
2004-10-07 21:44 ` Jeff Garzik [this message]
2004-10-07 21:45 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-10-13 20:04 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-10-13 22:16 ` Mark Lord
2004-10-13 22:41 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-10-13 23:24 ` Mark Lord
2004-10-13 23:39 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-10-14 16:30 ` Mark Lord
2004-10-14 16:37 ` Mark Lord
2004-10-14 16:52 ` [PATCH] Export ata_scsi_simulate() for use by non-libata drivers Mark Lord
2004-10-14 17:04 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-10-14 18:44 ` Mark Lord
2004-10-15 5:04 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-10-15 13:25 ` John W. Linville
2004-10-15 14:59 ` Randy.Dunlap
2004-10-15 15:38 ` Jeff Garzik
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