Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Boaz Harrosh wrote:
>> I have attempted (below) to convert ide-scsi to the new data
>> accessors and cleanup the !use_sg code paths. Inspecting
>> the code I can see places that still assume scsi_cmnd->request_buffer
>> is a linear char pointer. Though I admit this assumption is hidden
>> behind a flag "test_bit(PC_TRANSFORM, &pc->flags)". Is this an indication
>> that this drivers no longer works? What is needed in order to kill this
>> driver? If no killing is done than please accepted below patch.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> drivers/scsi/ide-scsi.c | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------
>> 1 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
>
> This is a very popular driver for some configurations. I know many
> people that used this for their ATAPI driver, rather than
> ide-{cdrom,floppy,...}
>
> Jeff
>
>
>
Two questions than
1. All these users, don't they have a new solution with PATA drivers
or that is only for new HW/chipsets?
2. Do you know who is the maintainer of this driver? Because if it is
still needed, than my patch must be accepted. And I think my added BUG()
only does it good.
Thanks
Boaz
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