> -----Original Message----- > From: Christoph Hellwig [mailto:hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2011 11:41 AM > To: Greg KH > Cc: KY Srinivasan; Christoph Hellwig; gregkh@xxxxxxx; linux- > kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; > virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/25] Staging: hv: Cleanup vmbus driver code > > On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 09:40:25AM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > > Are you sure the libata core can't see this ide controller and connect > > to it? That way you would use the scsi system if you do that and you > > would need a much smaller ide driver, perhaps being able to merge it > > with your scsi driver. > > > > We really don't want to write new IDE drivers anymore that don't use > > libata. > > The blkvsc driver isn't an IDE driver, although it currently claims > the old IDE drivers major numbers, which is a no-no and can't work > in most usual setups. What is the issue here? This is no different than what is done in other Virtualization platforms. For instance, the Xen blkfront driver is no different - if you specify the block device to be presented to the guest as an ide device, it will register for the appropriate ide major number. Regards, K. Y > I'm pretty sure I already complained about > this in a previous review round. _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
