Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751281AbWC1Jn3 (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Mar 2006 04:43:29 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751284AbWC1Jn3 (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Mar 2006 04:43:29 -0500 Received: from mail.gmx.de ([213.165.64.20]:15254 "HELO mail.gmx.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751281AbWC1Jn2 (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Mar 2006 04:43:28 -0500 X-Authenticated: #428038 Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 11:43:22 +0200 From: Matthias Andree To: Bodo Eggert <7eggert@gmx.de> Cc: Linus Torvalds , linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Move SG_GET_SCSI_ID from sg to scsi Message-ID: <20060328094322.GA345@merlin.emma.line.org> Mail-Followup-To: Bodo Eggert <7eggert@gmx.de>, Linus Torvalds , linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-PGP-Key: http://home.pages.de/~mandree/keys/GPGKEY.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 984 Lines: 24 Bodo Eggert schrieb am 2006-03-27: > As I understand, having a /dev/sd0815 corresponding to a /dev/sg4711 is > the root of all evil and idiotic things, and moving all sg functions into > the apropiate place is the sane thing to do. > > This patch is a part of the process, and as soon as all sg functions are > available using /dev/s[dtr]*, the corresponding sg devices should be > deprecated and removed. Oh, I hear Schilling wailing... Seriously, at the time such changes are committed, a good manual for how user-space applications are to be upgraded wouldn't hurt, and I am indeed proposing that those familiar with the code should write it - perhaps when porting an existing application to the new interfaces. -- Matthias Andree - 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/