From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bart Van Assche Subject: Re: [LSF/MM TOPIC] LIO/SCST Merger Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2016 07:34:48 -0800 Message-ID: <56AA3518.8060507@sandisk.com> References: <56A9043B.7030207@sandisk.com> <1453963019.6746.244.camel@haakon3.risingtidesystems.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mail-bn1bon0080.outbound.protection.outlook.com ([157.56.111.80]:38016 "EHLO na01-bn1-obe.outbound.protection.outlook.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755592AbcA1Pex (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Jan 2016 10:34:53 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1453963019.6746.244.camel@haakon3.risingtidesystems.com> Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: "Nicholas A. Bellinger" Cc: "lsf-pc@lists.linux-foundation.org" , target-devel , "linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org" On 01/27/16 22:37, Nicholas A. Bellinger wrote: > [ ... ] Hi Nic, Since in the most recent years all my communication to you was neutral and professional in tone it is not clear to me why you wrote such a misleading and unfair e-mail. Anyway, I would like to point out that the following information is missing from your e-mail: - That last year the storage HBA vendors and Linux distributor representatives who attended my session about this topic where unanimously enthusiastic about my proposal. You were the only attendee who was not (yet?) enthusiast. - That I am working on sending the ib_srpt patches upstream you referred to in your e-mail and that a first version of that patch series has already been posted on the linux-rdma mailing list. - Although five years ago some SCST users switched to LIO, recently several LIO users switched back to SCST because the latter is still more stable and easier to configure than LIO. In other words, it is in your own interest to help the LIO patches upstream that I posted recently. - One of the reasons that the LIO core patches I'm working on are not yet upstream is because of how long it takes before you as a maintainer provide feedback. The first version of my patch to make ABORT and LUN RESET handling synchronous was posted on October 12, 2015. It took until November 15, 2015 before I received the first feedback from you for that patch. Bart.