Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 5 Mar 2002 16:19:51 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 5 Mar 2002 16:19:42 -0500 Received: from mail.pha.ha-vel.cz ([195.39.72.3]:22798 "HELO mail.pha.ha-vel.cz") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Tue, 5 Mar 2002 16:19:36 -0500 Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 22:19:33 +0100 From: Vojtech Pavlik To: Arjan van de Ven Cc: Martin Dalecki , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.5.6-pre2 IDE cleanup 16 Message-ID: <20020305221933.A405@ucw.cz> In-Reply-To: <3C84A34E.6060708@evision-ventures.com> <3C84AE16.A7F1ECCA@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3C84AE16.A7F1ECCA@redhat.com>; from arjanv@redhat.com on Tue, Mar 05, 2002 at 11:37:58AM +0000 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Mar 05, 2002 at 11:37:58AM +0000, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > 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. > > Can we also expect a patch to remove the scb's from the scsi midlayer > from you ? > I mean, if a standard specifies a nice *common* command packet format > I'd expect the midlayer > to create such packets. Taskfile is exactly that... why removing it ? Note that taskfiles are not being removed from IDE. Just direct (and parsed and filtered) interface to userspace. Does the scsi midlayer export the SCBs directly to userspace? -- Vojtech Pavlik SuSE Labs - 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/