Subject: Re: ide-scsi oops was: 2.6.0-test4-mm3
From: Paul Larson <plars@linuxtestproject.org>
To: "Martin J. Bligh" <mbligh@aracnet.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>, Mike Fedyk <mfedyk@matchmail.com>,
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Date: 10 Sep 2003 15:53:43 -0500
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On Wed, 2003-09-10 at 15:04, Martin J. Bligh wrote:
> >> I have another oops for you with 2.6.0-test4-mm3-1 and ide-scsi. 
> > 
> > ide-scsi is a dead duck.  defunct.  kaput.  Don't use it.  It's only being
> > kept around for weirdo things like IDE-based tape drives, scanners, etc.
> > 
> > Just use /dev/hdX directly.
> 
> That's a real shame ... it seemed to work fine until recently. Some
> of the DVD writers (eg the one I have - Sony DRU500A or whatever)
> need it. Is it unfixable? or just nobody's done it?
If it is going to be left to rot, then should there be a CONFIG_OBSOLETE
(or something to that effect) for things that are being considered for
removal?  This would be in the same spirit as CONFIG_CLEAN_COMPILE and
would give people a chance to yell if they have a legitimate case to
continue support.

-Paul Larson


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