From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55998C433E1 for ; Wed, 17 Jun 2020 04:21:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D6CD208D5 for ; Wed, 17 Jun 2020 04:21:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726691AbgFQEVm (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Jun 2020 00:21:42 -0400 Received: from kvm5.telegraphics.com.au ([98.124.60.144]:40716 "EHLO kvm5.telegraphics.com.au" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725808AbgFQEVm (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Jun 2020 00:21:42 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by kvm5.telegraphics.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 020AA27F1F; Wed, 17 Jun 2020 00:21:37 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2020 14:21:39 +1000 (AEST) From: Finn Thain To: "Martin K. Petersen" cc: Chris Boot , linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, target-devel@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linux1394-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Bart Van Assche , Chuhong Yuan , Nicholas Bellinger , Stefan Richter Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: target/sbp: remove firewire SBP target driver In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <01020172acd3d10f-3964f076-a820-43fc-9494-3f3946e9b7b5-000000@eu-west-1.amazonses.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 16 Jun 2020, Martin K. Petersen wrote: > > I haven't used this driver for a long time, but I still own PowerMacs > > with firewire, and I know I'm not the only one. > I need to correct what I wrote above. I recall that years ago, when I needed to share storage from my Linux box to my PowerBook pismo, I used ethernet and the globalSAN iSCSI initiator for Mac OS X (which is no longer freely available AFAICS). When I said that I had used the SBP target driver before, I misremembered that iSCSI target setup. I've actually never used the SBP target driver. > I also have old 1394 hardware kicking around in the basement. But having > worked with FireWire shared storage targets in the past, I have zero > desire to ever touch any of that again. > > I could understand an objection if we were to entertain removing sbp2. > But really, how many people are setting up FireWire targets? > It's a good question. I don't know the answer. I have successfully used the Linux sbp2 host driver in the past, and will probably need to use it again. Likewise, I can see myself using the sbp target driver in the future because that might interoperate with MacOS 9, and might provide a bootable device to the PowerMac ROM. iSCSI cannot do those things.