Re: [PATCH v7] scsi: new zorro_esp.c for Amiga Zorro NCR53C9x boards

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Hi Geert,

now I see, thanks.

I could change the device table to use ZORRO_ID(PHASE5, ...) style IDs
instead of the longish defines if you're OK with that.

The other changes have passed tests and I'd otherwise just send what I
have now, adding Christoph's Reviewed-by.

Cheers,

  Michael


On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 8:18 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven
<geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Michael,
>
> On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 4:16 AM, Michael Schmitz <schmitzmic@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Mon, Apr 9, 2018 at 7:50 PM, Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> On Sun, Apr 08, 2018 at 02:45:32PM +1200, Michael Schmitz wrote:
>>>> New combined SCSI driver for all ESP based Zorro SCSI boards for
>>>> m68k Amiga.
>>>> +     {
>>>> +             .id = ZORRO_PROD_PHASE5_BLIZZARD_1230_II_FASTLANE_Z3_CYBERSCSI_CYBERSTORM060,
>>>
>>> In PCI Land we've usually stopped using PCI IDs unless they are used
>>> in multiple
>
> (missing "places"?)
>
>> Short of a complete rewrite of the Zorro driver support code to be
>> closer to what PCI does, I don' see what can be done about the use of
>> Zorro IDs. I don't think such a rewrite is planned in the near future,
>> Geert?
>
> I think what Christoph means is the use of the define
> ZORRO_PROD_PHASE5_BLIZZARD_1230_II_FASTLANE_Z3_CYBERSCSI_CYBERSTORM060
> versus hardcoded numbers, or ZORRO_ID(PHASE5, 0x0B, 0).
>
> We have a long list of ZORRO_PROD_* definitions in
> include/uapi/linux/zorro_ids.h because of historical reasons.  The list
> isn't really changing (no new IDs in git history) due to almost no new
> Zorro boards being made, unlike for PCI, where keeping an in-kernel list
> is a lot of work, and not desirable.
>
> Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
>
>                         Geert
>
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> Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
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