From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S268148AbUHQIZe (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Aug 2004 04:25:34 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268170AbUHQIZd (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Aug 2004 04:25:33 -0400 Received: from s0003.shadowconnect.net ([213.239.201.226]:21971 "EHLO mail.shadowconnect.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S268148AbUHQIXS (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Aug 2004 04:23:18 -0400 Message-ID: <4121C392.6060109@shadowconnect.com> Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 10:36:34 +0200 From: Markus Lidel User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.6 (Windows/20040502) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Andrew Morton CC: Warren Togami , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Merge I2O patches from -mm References: <411F37CC.3020909@redhat.com> <20040816191508.428f1022.akpm@osdl.org> In-Reply-To: <20040816191508.428f1022.akpm@osdl.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi... Andrew Morton wrote: > Warren Togami wrote: >>This is a request to please merge the I2O patches currently in Andrew >>Morton's -mm tree into the mainline kernel. They resolve all known >>reported issues with I2O RAID devices. If they can be included soon, it >>would be possible to implement and test direct installation before FC3 >>Test2 freeze. > We'll get it in when Linus returns. Wowww, great news \:D/ >>Also because Markus would never ask himself, I nominate Markus Lidel as >>the "maintainer" of the 2.6 generic I2O layer. He has put a tremendous >>amount of work into improving an otherwise neglected part of the kernel. > No problem with that, but we wouldn't want to go adding Markus to > ./MAINTAINERS without his approval. It would be a great honor for me to be the maintainer of the I2O subsystem. Best regads, Markus Lidel ------------------------------------------ Markus Lidel (Senior IT Consultant) Shadow Connect GmbH Carl-Reisch-Weg 12 D-86381 Krumbach Germany Phone: +49 82 82/99 51-0 Fax: +49 82 82/99 51-11 E-Mail: Markus.Lidel@shadowconnect.com URL: http://www.shadowconnect.com