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From:   Doug Anderson <dianders@chromium.org>
Date:   Tue, 25 Sep 2018 18:46:13 -0700
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] scsi: ufs: Make sysfs attributes writable
To:     "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
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Martin,

On Tue, Sep 25, 2018 at 6:08 PM Martin K. Petersen
<martin.petersen@oracle.com> wrote:
>
> Doug,
>
> > I came across this patch and Evan's other one and noticed that they
> > haven't been applied though a batch of other SCSI patches for 4.20
> > were applied about a week ago.  Martin: is there something about these
> > patches that needs to change before they can land?
>
> I have simply been awaiting some sort of consensus on the various
> competing approaches. Lots of patches posted with tiny incremental fixes
> but very little discussion about the merits of one over the other.

Ah, perfect information!  Thank you!  I was just confused because I
didn't understand all the status and it just looked like silence here.

Maybe someone on this thread can start a discussion with all the
stakeholders (people who have been involved in competing patches or
other tiny bits and pieces) and summarize their view of the current
status?  Maybe that would help get the ball rolling again?

Thanks again!  :)

-Doug