From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262473AbUBXVOa (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Feb 2004 16:14:30 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262469AbUBXVOa (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Feb 2004 16:14:30 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:27270 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262467AbUBXVOX (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Feb 2004 16:14:23 -0500 Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 22:14:20 +0100 From: Arjan van de Ven To: "Mukker, Atul" Cc: "'James Bottomley'" , "'matt_domsch@dell.com'" , "'Paul Wagland'" , Matthew Wilcox , "'linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org'" , "'linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org'" Subject: Re: [PATCH][BUGFIX] : megaraid patch for 2.10.1 (irq disable bug fix) Message-ID: <20040224211420.GG26919@devserv.devel.redhat.com> References: <0E3FA95632D6D047BA649F95DAB60E57033BC3DE@exa-atlanta.se.lsil.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="ahP6B03r4gLOj5uD" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <0E3FA95632D6D047BA649F95DAB60E57033BC3DE@exa-atlanta.se.lsil.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --ahP6B03r4gLOj5uD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Tue, Feb 24, 2004 at 04:02:34PM -0500, Mukker, Atul wrote: > > > controllers and also a single code base, with a very small > > footprint patch - > > > if at all required, to support various kernels. > > > > I didn't say "no". I'm just warning you that you've chosen a > > hard road > > to hoe, particularly with the limited life of 2.4. > > In my opinion, maintaining support for 2.4 drivers and adding new > controllers to it would be crucial for a considerable time to come even there is a difference between just adding a pci id and adding all new features. > Do we want to discover controllers and devices directed solely by kernel and > should driver interfere a little bit. I always considered the megaraid code here extremely hairy... I'd love to see it go when we can --ahP6B03r4gLOj5uD Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAO76rxULwo51rQBIRAloOAJ48gUOkwC2yYoL+BVZKh4I1/eUEGACfWUC2 10kwXztz+de1+aXhlXsI1V4= =2OOj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ahP6B03r4gLOj5uD--