Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262176AbTIMT5X (ORCPT ); Sat, 13 Sep 2003 15:57:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262177AbTIMT5X (ORCPT ); Sat, 13 Sep 2003 15:57:23 -0400 Received: from havoc.gtf.org ([63.247.75.124]:52628 "EHLO havoc.gtf.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262176AbTIMT5V (ORCPT ); Sat, 13 Sep 2003 15:57:21 -0400 Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2003 15:57:19 -0400 From: Jeff Garzik To: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz Cc: axboe@suse.de, torvalds@osdl.org, Alan Cox , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: 2.7 block ramblings (was Re: DMA for ide-scsi?) Message-ID: <20030913195719.GA17576@gtf.org> References: <200309131101.h8DB1WNd021570@harpo.it.uu.se> <1063476275.8702.35.camel@dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk> <20030913184934.GB10047@gtf.org> <200309132124.05974.bzolnier@elka.pw.edu.pl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200309132124.05974.bzolnier@elka.pw.edu.pl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1223 Lines: 38 On Sat, Sep 13, 2003 at 09:24:05PM +0200, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > On Saturday 13 of September 2003 20:49, Jeff Garzik wrote: > > For 2.6, libata (unfortunately) requires the SCSI layer for ATA > > devices, and libata drives real hardware that noone else can drive. > > > > For 2.7, when all this code "moves up" -- basically adding a bunch of > > helper functions to the block layer -- libata won't need to treat ATA > > devices as SCSI devices. > > s/ATA/SATA/ > > ATA and SATA will still need their own driver(s) aware of driver-model, > sysfs, ATA quirks/tuning etc. Agreed. Though I think some of your work in sysfs area can be made common. > I am working on this part currently, so you can > concentrate on new, sexy SATA, leaving all dirty, legacy ATA for me. Sounds good to me ;-) Though I'll definitely want to work together with you on several issues in 2.7... > For all other stuff described in your mail I can only say: HELL YEAH!. ;-) Jeff - 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/