From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263567AbUERUiw (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 May 2004 16:38:52 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263564AbUERUiw (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 May 2004 16:38:52 -0400 Received: from stat1.steeleye.com ([65.114.3.130]:10132 "EHLO hancock.sc.steeleye.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263563AbUERUit (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 May 2004 16:38:49 -0400 Subject: Re: [BK PATCH] SCSI updates for 2.6.6 From: James Bottomley To: Guennadi Liakhovetski Cc: Kurt Garloff , Linux SCSI list , Linux kernel list In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 (1.0.8-9) Date: 18 May 2004 15:38:43 -0500 Message-Id: <1084912724.2101.44.camel@mulgrave> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 2004-05-18 at 14:47, Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote: > Well, Kurt, thanks for the offer. I am prepared and willing to do the work > on supporting the driver, but I am, perhaps, not skilled enough to be a > maintainer of a SCSI LDD. My knowledge of the SCSI protocol and the SCSI > Linux subsystem is pretty limited. On one hand, the driver is little used, > so, even if I badly break something it is not likely to cause major > problems. On the other hand, I would feel more comfortable if, at least at > the beginning, somebody would review my patches. Besides, it would be a > good opportunity for me to really learn a bit more about SCSI, SCSI Linux > driver, BIO,... oh well... OK, roll up for me what you'd currently like applied to the driver; anything that's less than solid, I'd rather mature in the -mm tree for a while. James