Re: [Lsf-pc] [LSF/MM TOPIC] Unifying the LIO and SCST target drivers

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On 01/19/15 10:22, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 05:13:00PM +0100, Bart Van Assche wrote:
>> My goal is to realize this proposal without adding hooks for out-of-tree
>> code in the upstream kernel. What I had in mind is to raise the
>> abstraction level of the API between LIO core and target drivers a
>> little bit (e.g. by using accessor functions where necessary instead of
>> accessing structure members directly)
> 
> That's very much a hook, althiugh a week one.
> 
> Either way I don't think bringing up a very much political topic
> without even any code to discuss isn't a very valueable use of our time
> slots.

A possible approach is that I start implementing a unified SRP target
driver and post that driver together with the necessary LIO and SCST
core changes before the LSF/MM starts. That could be a helpful starting
point for further discussions.

Bart.
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