Re: [PATCH v4 34/78] atari_NCR5380: Use arbitration timeout

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Hi Finn,

On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 1:18 AM, Finn Thain <fthain@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Mon, 25 Jan 2016, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
In principle I think that Linux drivers should not carry workarounds
for emulators.

Please consider ARAnyM is the current m68k workhorse, so it would be
nice to handle this someway.

AFAICT atari_scsi on aranym never did anything useful. Those aranym users
who need to run Linux 4.5 can set CONFIG_ATARI_SCSI=n or blacklist the
atari_scsi module (up until aranym can be patched).

FTR. adding "initcall_blacklist=atari_scsi_driver_init" to the kernel command
line makes it boot again.

Alternatively, we need to fix ARAnyM,

I'll look into writing a patch for the emulator after I've finished
testing the exception handling fixes for the driver.

Thank you!

or can make the creation of the atari_scsi platform device conditional
on not running under ARAnyM.

Fixing the emulator is the only sensible approach. If S operating systems
have to carry workarounds for B emulator bugs, the cost is (at least)
proportional to S * B.

Sure.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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