Re: [RFC] libata new EH document

Stefan Richter
2005-09-02T07:11:10Z

Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Linux is NOT about big designs. Linus says "do what you must, and no
> more."

The scsi subsystem is used in so many divergent areas, its set of
requirements is "big". Therefore its design has to be "big".

> The future will bring other "baby steps" that evolve us towards a more
> modular design where each LLD may register themselves with a storage
> system, associate themselves with
[...]

...and hopefully a future where a LLD can be written and maintained
without profound knowledge of many implementation details of scsi mid-
and high-level.

(Sorry for digressing further from the thread's subject, although it
still seems related.)
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Stefan Richter
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