> -----Original Message----- > From: Martin K. Petersen [mailto:martin.petersen@xxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2016 9:26 PM > To: Don Brace > Cc: Martin K. Petersen; jejb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Viswas G; Mahesh > Rajashekhara; hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Scott Teel; Kevin Barnett; Justin Lindley; > Scott Benesh; elliott@xxxxxxx; linux-scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [PATCH V4 0/2] smartpqi: initial commit of Microsemi smartpqi > driver > > EXTERNAL EMAIL > > > >>>>> "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 Great. So we are good to go? Thanks, Don Brace ESC - Smart Storage Microsemi Corporation -- 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
