Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1162527AbbKTKBI (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Nov 2015 05:01:08 -0500 Received: from bombadil.infradead.org ([198.137.202.9]:58991 "EHLO bombadil.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1162437AbbKTKBB (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Nov 2015 05:01:01 -0500 Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2015 02:00:47 -0800 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Finn Thain Cc: Christoph Hellwig , Ondrej Zary , Sam Creasey , Michael Schmitz , "James E.J. Bottomley" , linux-m68k@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/71] More fixes, cleanup and modernization for NCR5380 drivers Message-ID: <20151120100047.GA27842@infradead.org> References: <20151118083455.331768508@telegraphics.com.au> <201511181235.15663.linux@rainbow-software.org> <201511192350.58253.linux@rainbow-software.org> <20151120073354.GA26080@infradead.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by bombadil.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 896 Lines: 19 On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 07:19:21PM +1100, Finn Thain wrote: > Yes. I didn't do that conversion because I don't have ISA hardware and I > don't understand ISA probing. > > The present patch set doesn't seek to resurrect the ISA drivers. But I am > trying to avoid regressions. > > I have mixed feelings about the ISA drivers. ISA DMA support complicates > things (it was never completed) and DMA seems to be the main obstacle to > merging the two core driver forks. I'd love to be able to get rid of the ISA drivers to be honest. Given that they appear to be gravely broken before your cleanups this might be an opportunity to get rid of them. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/