[RFC] qla4xxx: TODO for re-submission

[Doug Maxey <dwm@bebe.enoyolf.org>]

Subject: [RFC] qla4xxx: TODO for re-submission

Howdy!

The qla4xxx driver for the QLogic ISP4XXX chipset will be getting a
little janitorial love along the lines of:

A) a rework of the 2006-06-06 Qlogic submitted qla4xxx code to get the
   driver to be in line with the kernel coding style.
B) being made more compliant with the scsi_mid_low_api.txt.  Being
   compiled for M$ does not count as an alternative OS. :)  In
   particular, move all the code to single .c file.  If and when
   another chipset comes along that can utilize some of the bits, look
   into splitting it back up.
C) removal of unreachable or unused code.
D) a rework of the function layout and size, including linewidth adjustments
E) fixups to printk formatting, and moving to dev_printk().  For the
   first pass, just remove the debug printk()'s

This will not be a re-write of the driver per se, just a refactoring
going on in parallel to the work of the QLogic folks and mike, in an
effort to get this driver into mainline.

The plan is to:
1) submit the Documentation/LICENSE.qla4xxx.txt file and check
   the provenance with the original submitters..
2) pull all the data structs into the file, swizzle the types to be
   kernel compliant.
3) pull the core driver initialization (module_init(), pci init et al)
   into the file drivers/scsi/qla4xxx.c
4) add the iscsi transport code.
5) add the block layer code.
6) add the device firmware access.
7) add the hooks for the Kconfig and Makefile

Does this appear to be a workable plan?  Should the struct cleanup
wait and come in on an as needed basis?

All comments will be appreciated.

++doug