Finn Thain wrote: > > On Sun, 28 Sep 2008, Boaz Harrosh wrote: > >> From what I understand, (And again I do not), the ESP sounds a lot like >> the NCR5380. I would craft a very similar copy of the new ESP stack, >> with it's central library and function-vector registration, The >> scsi-generic part is all there, in full glory. Then one concentrated >> effort should go into the basic/general chip programing, which lots of >> it could be ripped from current code, and the different platform >> implementation becomes one liners, if the new ESP stack is any >> indication. > > I still do not understand the whole ESP driver but when I wrote mac_esp.c > I learned the value of the layered structure it provided. > > I still have a lot to learn about the SCSI layers and the APIs too. I'm > reading Documentation/scsi at the moment. If you know of any other > introductory reading material, that would be a help. > I don't know anything about the ESP driver, You should contact David S. Miller, Perhaps he will have some time to help you. The SCSI-API I know more about. Please don't hesitate to ask any question, I will be glad to answer. >> From my passed experience, there becomes a source code state when a >> rewrite is less effort then any cleanup or enhancements. From the small >> changes I had to do to the xxx_NCR5380 family of drivers, my guts >> feeling scream "rewrite", so here I voice them. In the mid/long-term you >> will work much less. And be much more satisfied from the results. > > This makes sense. Thanks for your feedback. > > Finn > >> Good lock >> Boaz >> -- Thanks for looking into this. We are here for any assistance Boaz -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
