From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S269807AbUJMUGW (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Oct 2004 16:06:22 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269789AbUJMUGV (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Oct 2004 16:06:21 -0400 Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:7076 "EHLO www.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S269803AbUJMUEn (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Oct 2004 16:04:43 -0400 Message-ID: <416D8A4E.5030106@pobox.com> Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 16:04:30 -0400 From: Jeff Garzik User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20040922 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mark Lord CC: Linux Kernel , linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] QStor SATA/RAID driver for 2.6.9-rc3 References: <4161A06D.8010601@rtr.ca> <4165B233.9080405@rtr.ca> In-Reply-To: <4165B233.9080405@rtr.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Mark Lord wrote: > On a related note.. > > In the longer term, I'd like Jeff & I to get together and agree > upon some interface changes in libata to make it easier for this > driver (and others) to share more of the code dealing with > the emulation of non-data SCSI commands like INQUIRY and friends. > > Right now that's not as easy as it could be, due to the specialized > libata struct parameters required, but I think it could be harmonized. I recall this but don't see it in my inbox anymore... did I adequately respond? The easy answer is always: send patches. that's the best way to illustrate your design, and the quickest way to get the changes you want into the kernel. Jeff