From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262266AbUBXO7B (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Feb 2004 09:59:01 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262264AbUBXO7B (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Feb 2004 09:59:01 -0500 Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:44465 "EHLO www.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262253AbUBXO67 (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Feb 2004 09:58:59 -0500 Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 14:58:56 +0000 From: Matthew Wilcox To: "Mukker, Atul" Cc: "'Paul Wagland'" , Matthew Wilcox , "Bagalkote, Sreenivas" , "'linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org'" , "'linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org'" Subject: Re: [PATCH][BUGFIX] : megaraid patch for 2.10.1 (irq disable bug fix) Message-ID: <20040224145856.GL25779@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> References: <0E3FA95632D6D047BA649F95DAB60E57033BC3D9@exa-atlanta.se.lsil.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <0E3FA95632D6D047BA649F95DAB60E57033BC3D9@exa-atlanta.se.lsil.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Feb 24, 2004 at 09:47:06AM -0500, Mukker, Atul wrote: > > > Could we have a later version than 2.00.3 in 2.6 please? > We are in process of releasing a unified driver, which will natively support > the 2.4.x and 2.6.x kernels. In the past, this has generally been a very bad idea. It's led to some excessively ugly drivers (see aic7xxx for one) and generally doesn't work terribly well. If you insist on going down this road, could you at least make sure it's written to the newest 2.6 APIs and every other supported kernel version emulates the 2.6 APIs? The awful "kernel neutral API"s used in some drivers really suck. -- "Next the statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince himself that the war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep he enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception." -- Mark Twain