Re: [PATCH] remove drivers/fc4/

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On Sun, Jun 19, 2005 at 10:40:08PM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 19, 2005 at 12:57:47PM -0700, David S. Miller wrote:
> > From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
> > Subject: [PATCH] remove drivers/fc4/
> > Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2005 13:37:24 +0200
> > 
> > > This code doesn't work since 2.2.x times, uses various obsolete APIs,
> > > pokes into the midlayer code where it shouldn't and thus won't even
> > > have a chance to compile after my next round of patches.
> > > 
> > > Let's get rid of it, anyone who wants to resurrect it can find it
> > > in the archives, and it'll require a major rewrite anyway.
> > 
> > It does work for some people.  People do use it.
> 
> Who?  looking at sparclinux doesn't show anyone who got it working
> since 2.2.x days.

Umm...  sparc64 does work with 2.6.  I don't have any fiberchannel
hardware in question, but both 2.4 and 2.6 work on Ultra just fine.
Ought to try and resurrect the quad-SS20 box and see what's the
situation with sparc32 one of these days...
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