From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Bart Van Assche" Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.25.1] Add scsi_execute_async_fifo() Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 18:06:59 +0200 Message-ID: References: <200805021638.42972.bart.vanassche@gmail.com> <20080502153306.GB7376@infradead.org> <20080502155525.GA16353@infradead.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com ([72.14.220.154]:19585 "EHLO fg-out-1718.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757619AbYEBQHB (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 May 2008 12:07:01 -0400 Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id 19so978008fgg.17 for ; Fri, 02 May 2008 09:07:00 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20080502155525.GA16353@infradead.org> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: Christoph Hellwig Cc: James Bottomley , linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, Vladislav Bolkhovitin , scst-devel@lists.sourceforge.net On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 5:55 PM, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Fri, May 02, 2008 at 05:53:22PM +0200, Bart Van Assche wrote: >> Regarding out-of-tree modules: this is just a preparatory step before >> submitting SCST for inclusion in the mainstream kernel. > > And what crackpipe did you smoke to thing we'd put duplicated target > framework in? Why are you so aggressive ? I didn't insult you in any way. Regarding inclusion of SCSI target code in the mainline, this subject has already been discussed extensively in the past (http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/1/23/134). The conclusion was clear: SCST is faster than any other existing iSCSI target for Linux (IET, STGT, LIO), stable, well maintained and the most standards compliant target. Why do you want to reopen this discussion ? James Bottomley clearly expressed in that thread that he doesn't want to maintain two SCSI target frameworks. So what I propose is that SCST is included in the mainline and afterwards that it is evaluated whether or not it is desirable to keep other target code in the mainline kernel. Bart.