Messages in this thread | | | From | Daniel Phillips <> | Subject | Re: [2.5] DAC960 | Date | Wed, 18 Sep 2002 18:40:25 +0200 |
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On Wednesday 18 September 2002 18:17, James Bottomley wrote: > > > > Linus indicated at the Kernel Summit that he'd like to see a > > > > cleaned-up scsi midlayer used as framework for *all* disk IO, > > > > including IDE. Obviously, what with IDE transitions and whatnot, we > > > > are far from being ready to attempt that, so see "nursing along" > > > > above. There's no longer any chance that a generic disk midlayer is > > > > going to happen in this cycle, as far as I can see. Still, anybody > > > > who is interested would do well by studing the issues, and fixing > > > > broken drivers certainly qualifies as a way to come up to speed. > > > > First of all, I believe Linus' plan is to push more functionality into > > > the block layer. > > > > I distinctly heard him say he wanted the scsi mid layer repurposed as > > an interface for all disks. Maybe he changed his mind? > > I don't recall hearing this. I remember his agreeing with the idea of > slimming down the SCSI mid layer, which does rather contradict the use SCSI > for everything approach.
> After the Kernel Summit, there was quite a long thread on l-k with Joerg > Schilling on exactly this issue.
Subject line "IDE/ATAPI in 2.5"?
> The upshot of which was I clearly said we > weren't going to go the SCSI is everything route. Unless there's any reason > to change course, I think that's the current plan.
Given that Halloween is 6 weeks away, I don't doubt you.
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