Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 9 Feb 2006 22:03:33 -0800 (PST) | From | Alex Davis <> | Subject | Re: Let's get rid of ide-scsi |
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--- Wakko Warner <wakko@animx.eu.org> wrote:
> Alex Davis wrote: > > I think we should get rid of ide-scsi. > > > > Reasons: > > 1) It's broken. > > 2) It's unmaintained. > > 3) It's unneeded. > > > > I'll submit a patch if people agree. > > > > I code, therefore I am > > I personally do not agree with this. I worked on at boot disk(floppy) which > contained the kernel and modules to find a cdrom (or usb disk) and use it as > my 2nd stage. If I had to use ide-cd, I would not beable to do my first > stage loader on a single floppy (I support ide and scsi cdroms via sr-mod). > > ide-cd.ko is > than sr-mod.ko + ide-scsi.ko > > I am aware that scsi_mod.ko is larger than those 3 combined and I still need > it regardless for usb. > > My personal vote would be to drop the entire ide subsystem which would thus > drop ide-scsi. The SCSI layer has been a general block device layer for > more than true scsi devices. USB, Firewire, and SATA use the scsi layer. > And as I understand it, libata is starting to handle PATA devices. Once it > can handle PATA fine, the ide code would pretty much be useless. > > I am also against the seperate USB block layer, I personally saw no use in > it. > > -- > Lab tests show that use of micro$oft causes cancer in lab animals > Got Gas??? >
Wakko:
Modules can be compressed: On a 2.6.15 kernel doing a 'gzip -9 idecd.ko' reduced its size from 43616 bytes to 19234 bytes. The only additional step is modifying 'modules.dep' and changing idecd.ko to idecd.ko.gz. You now have a fully functional ide cdrom driver.
I code, therefore I am
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