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Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 13:04:26 +0100
From: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
To: Martin Dalecki <dalecki@evision-ventures.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.5.6-pre2 IDE cleanup 16
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On Tue, Mar 05 2002, Martin Dalecki wrote:
> Jens Axboe wrote:
> >On Tue, Mar 05 2002, Zwane Mwaikambo wrote:
> >
> >>On Tue, 5 Mar 2002, Martin Dalecki wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>- Disable configuration of the task file stuff. It is going to go away
> >>>  and will be replaced by a truly abstract interface based on
> >>>  functionality and *not* direct mess-up of hardware.
> >>>
> >>Could you elaborate just a tad on that.
> >>
> >
> >While the taskfile interface is very down-to-basics and a bit extreme
> >in one end, it's also very useful for eg vendors doing testing and
> >certification. So in that respect it's pretty powerful, I hope Martin
> >isn't just planning a stripped down interface akin to what we have in
> >2.4 and earlier.
> 
> No quite my plan is:
> 
> 1. Rip it off.
> 2. Reimplement stuff if and only if someone really shows pressure
> for using it.

Someone has, I'll forward you the stuff.

> The "command parsing" excess is certainly going to go.

Agree

-- 
Jens Axboe

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