Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759998AbXJXOdh (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:33:37 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1758759AbXJXOc4 (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:32:56 -0400 Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:59103 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756804AbXJXOcx (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:32:53 -0400 Message-ID: <471F5792.1030000@garzik.org> Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:32:50 -0400 From: Jeff Garzik User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.5 (X11/20070727) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: dougg@torque.net CC: James Bottomley , Andrew Morton , Linus Torvalds , linux-scsi , linux-kernel Subject: Re: [GIT PATCH] final SCSI pieces for the merge window References: <1193173128.3434.1.camel@localhost.localdomain> <471E6313.1040704@garzik.org> <1193174424.3434.3.camel@localhost.localdomain> <471E707B.1020505@garzik.org> <471F104C.5040005@torque.net> In-Reply-To: <471F104C.5040005@torque.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -4.4 (----) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 3.1.9 on srv5.dvmed.net summary: Content analysis details: (-4.4 points, 5.0 required) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1984 Lines: 51 Douglas Gilbert wrote: > Jeff Garzik wrote: >> James Bottomley wrote: >>> On Tue, 2007-10-23 at 17:09 -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: >>>> James Bottomley wrote: >>>>> This should be the final SCSI updates; it's mainly just a few accessor >>>>> completion updates and two driver merges (sym2 and qla2xxx) we also >>>>> secured DaveM's agreement to remove fcal/fc4, which explains the high >>>>> removal line count. >>>>> >>>>> The patch is available here: >>>>> >>>>> master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6.git >>>> I guess I have the go-ahead to merge the end-CDROM-polling async >>>> notification work you've been repeatedly ignoring? >>> I haven't been ignoring it ... it just needs quite a bit of work; the >>> best way to accelerate it seems to be simply to do it (add the >>> supported/trigger event bitmasks and expand the infrastructure). I just >>> haven't had the time within the merge window. >> James, things cannot get bottlenecked like this. You have had MONTHS to >> say something like this. The code was ready BEFORE the merge window. >> >> I really think you have the knowledge to be SCSI maintainer, but not the >> time. > > Jeff, > If only I had a dollar (Canadian unit please) for > each day some of my libata patches were queued > up to you before you accepted them. > > Remember MODE SELECT ... You're darned right, I've screwed up in the past. Sat on stuff "until I get time to rewrite it" and that sort of thing. My colleagues give me lumps for it too :) We talked about this issue at the Kernel Summit -- collectively we need to stop holding on to useful, working stuff for months on end. It serves nobody. We have to rediscover our roots: "release early, release often" 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/