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Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 08:46:58 +0900
From: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] SCSI: fix isa/pcmcia compile problem
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James Bottomley wrote:
>> I personally think it's a bit odd to disallow building into kernel
>> because of the peculiarity of the implementation (including c files and
>> compiling them slightly differently) and also no one reporting doesn't
>> necessarily mean no one has attempted it and failed.
> 
> Heh ... I'll make you a deal.  Find just one user of one of these
> drivers who can make use of them built in, and I'll apply the patch.  

I don't think I can.  I didn't even know they were isa ones before
actually looking at the code.

> I'm just a bit reluctant to touch these drivers, since they're all
> incredibly ancient.  We don't have good luck with simple transformation
> patches on the older drivers ... and it seems to take months before
> anyone notices there's a problem.

Alright then, please go ahead and disallow built-in.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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