Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 27 Apr 2002 09:48:37 -0400 (EDT) | From | "Mr. James W. Laferriere" <> | Subject | Re: linux-2.5.x-dj and SCSI error handling. |
| |
Hello Dave , Might be nice to also mention the drivers that were being complained about . So there respective mantainers can benifit from your email . Tia , JimL
On Sat, 27 Apr 2002, Dave Jones wrote:
> Folks, I just woke up to about a dozen reports of the same 'bug' > all with patches which are so wrong they stand no chance of application > by me or Linus, posting here is quicker than me pointing those people > (and those who may follow them) to the answer. > > The recent patch from Christoph Hellwig which kills off > the last remaining remnants of the old style SCSI error handling. > The reason these drivers no longer compile due to missing 'abort' and > 'reset' functions is due to the fact that they need converting to > new-style error handling. > > For instructions on how to do this, read http://www.andante.org/scsi_eh.html > > For instructions on how not to this.. > o Do not send me patches that just remove the reset: and abort: > functions. This gives us no error handling whatsoever. > o Do not send me patches re-adding the 'missing' reset & abort functions > to the Scsi_Host_Template struct. This gets us nowhere. > o Yes, I know ide-scsi, and various other scsi drivers are broken. > Fix them, or be patient and wait for them to be fixed. > Dave.
+------------------------------------------------------------------+ | James W. Laferriere | System Techniques | Give me VMS | | Network Engineer | P.O. Box 854 | Give me Linux | | babydr@baby-dragons.com | Coudersport PA 16915 | only on AXP | +------------------------------------------------------------------+
- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
| |