From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Martin K. Petersen" Subject: Re: [PATCH V4 0/2] smartpqi: initial commit of Microsemi smartpqi driver Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2016 22:25:57 -0400 Message-ID: References: <146706289746.29152.13840476577189238722.stgit@brunhilda> <4993A297653ECB4581FA5C3C31323D19163937F2@avsrvexchmbx1.microsemi.net> <4993A297653ECB4581FA5C3C31323D1916394167@avsrvexchmbx1.microsemi.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from userp1040.oracle.com ([156.151.31.81]:38916 "EHLO userp1040.oracle.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751367AbcHKC2m (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Aug 2016 22:28:42 -0400 In-Reply-To: <4993A297653ECB4581FA5C3C31323D1916394167@avsrvexchmbx1.microsemi.net> (Don Brace's message of "Tue, 9 Aug 2016 15:37:31 +0000") Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: Don Brace Cc: "Martin K. Petersen" , "jejb@linux.vnet.ibm.com" , Viswas G , Mahesh Rajashekhara , "hch@infradead.org" , Scott Teel , Kevin Barnett , Justin Lindley , Scott Benesh , "elliott@hpe.com" , "linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org" >>>>> "Don" == Don Brace writes: Don, >> OK. I was just wondering whether it would make sense to have a libpqi >> with all the spec-compliant pieces and put the "smart" in a dedicated >> Microsemi driver. Don> We would prefer not to do this at this time. We do not know of any Don> other PQI drivers that could take advantage of a PQI library. Don> However we may end up doing this in the future. I understand. But we have been badly burned every single time we accepted code on the premise that it would get reworked later. That said, I haven't seen much interest in T10 PQI outside of the HP/PMC/MS nexus so it's probably not too likely that another driver would come along. -- Martin K. Petersen Oracle Linux Engineering