Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 24 Feb 2004 22:14:20 +0100 | From | Arjan van de Ven <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH][BUGFIX] : megaraid patch for 2.10.1 (irq disable bug fix) |
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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 [unhandled content-type:application/pgp-signature] | |