Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263811AbTKFRx5 (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Nov 2003 12:53:57 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263807AbTKFRxs (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Nov 2003 12:53:48 -0500 Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:27016 "EHLO www.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263800AbTKFRxH (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Nov 2003 12:53:07 -0500 Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 17:53:06 +0000 From: Matthew Wilcox To: Andrew Vasquez Cc: Christoph Hellwig , Linux-Kernel , Linux-SCSI Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] QLogic qla2xxx driver update available (v8.00.00b6). Message-ID: <20031106175306.GG26869@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1383 Lines: 34 On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 09:02:28AM -0800, Andrew Vasquez wrote: > Hmm, looking through your email from July 18th, I note three main > objections that have not been addressed: > > o Build process -- (three module interface for the ISPs), I > personally like the idea of a shared library module used > between the different ISP drivers. Many others have voiced > their frustrations with the single driver-binary for each > ISP type that the directive from management is to have a > single binary for all *future* products including the > ISP23xx (ISP2300/ISP2310/ISP2312/ISP2322) chips. > > That unfortunately leaves ISP2100 and ISP2200 on the > periphery of development efforts. I wouldn't see a problem with having a structure like this: ql2100.c ql2200.c ql23xx.c qllib.c and linking in whichever files are selected. But you definitely only want to build qllib.c once. -- "It's not Hollywood. War is real, war is primarily not about defeat or victory, it is about death. I've seen thousands and thousands of dead bodies. Do you think I want to have an academic debate on this subject?" -- Robert Fisk - 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/