From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262269AbUBXPHC (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Feb 2004 10:07:02 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262261AbUBXPHB (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Feb 2004 10:07:01 -0500 Received: from stat1.steeleye.com ([65.114.3.130]:27576 "EHLO hancock.sc.steeleye.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262269AbUBXPGz (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Feb 2004 10:06:55 -0500 Subject: RE: [PATCH][BUGFIX] : megaraid patch for 2.10.1 (irq disable bug fix) From: James Bottomley To: "Mukker, Atul" Cc: "'Paul Wagland'" , Matthew Wilcox , "Bagalkote, Sreenivas" , "'linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org'" , "'linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org'" In-Reply-To: <0E3FA95632D6D047BA649F95DAB60E57033BC3D9@exa-atlanta.se.lsil.com> References: <0E3FA95632D6D047BA649F95DAB60E57033BC3D9@exa-atlanta.se.lsil.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 (1.0.8-9) Date: 24 Feb 2004 09:06:43 -0600 Message-Id: <1077635204.2152.16.camel@mulgrave> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 2004-02-24 at 08:47, Mukker, Atul wrote: > We are in process of releasing a unified driver, which will natively support > the 2.4.x and 2.6.x kernels. I really don't think this will be such a good idea since you don't currently have a unified driver. 2.4 is approaching end of life as far as major driver updates go and the 2.6 APIs are quite a bit different. You'll find it's a lot of work for a driver that will carry you at most six months before the distributions all switch to 2.6 and you find the 2.4 compatibility layer to be more of a hindrance than a help. James