Re: [PATCH V4 0/2] smartpqi: initial commit of Microsemi smartpqi driver

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>>>>> "Don" == Don Brace <don.brace@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

Don,

>> OK. I was just wondering whether it would make sense to have a libpqi
>> with all the spec-compliant pieces and put the "smart" in a dedicated
>> Microsemi driver.

Don> We would prefer not to do this at this time. We do not know of any
Don> other PQI drivers that could take advantage of a PQI library.
Don> However we may end up doing this in the future.

I understand. But we have been badly burned every single time we
accepted code on the premise that it would get reworked later. 

That said, I haven't seen much interest in T10 PQI outside of the
HP/PMC/MS nexus so it's probably not too likely that another driver
would come along.

-- 
Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering
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