From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: [PATCH] remove ide-scsi Date: Sat, 06 Dec 2008 18:50:16 -0500 Message-ID: <493B0FB8.1010408@garzik.org> References: <20081203103856S.fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp> <493B022B.3050406@ru.mvista.com> <493B0A8E.7000506@garzik.org> <200812070045.42160.bzolnier@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:47014 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753479AbYLFXub (ORCPT ); Sat, 6 Dec 2008 18:50:31 -0500 In-Reply-To: <200812070045.42160.bzolnier@gmail.com> Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz Cc: Sergei Shtylyov , Alan Cox , =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Dan_No=E9?= , James Bottomley , Christoph Hellwig , FUJITA Tomonori , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, osst@riede.org Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > Given five years this is too-less-too-late by my book. Especially given > that you are still talking about the "goal" not the actual "code"... As noted in other reply, libata has been actively moving in that direction, by intentionally isolating the SCSI pieces from the rest of the code, and by working to get the prerequisites upstream (e.g. block layer timeouts). Jeff