linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PATCH] firs round of SCSI bug fixes for 2.6.29-rc1

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Date:	Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:15:00 -0500
From:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>
To:	Grant Grundler <grundler@...gle.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [GIT PATCH] firs round of SCSI bug fixes for 2.6.29-rc1

On Fri, 2009-01-16 at 12:09 -0800, Grant Grundler wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 11:10 AM, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
> ...
> >>
> >> TBH, I still wouldn't implement it the way LSI maintainers did.
> >> I'm happy they are the maintainers and it's their call.
> >
> > They are doing things which effect the entire system, not just
> > their driver.  So this doesn't fall under "maintainer's rights"
> 
> Agreed. This case is about a debug option which is normally disabled.
> So most people will never see this.
> 
> The thread was more about how to make the failure visible in a
> sane way WITHOUT the debug flag enabled. Then when the
> debug flag is enabled, panic the machine as well.
> 
> > If they fail locally, that's fine and perfectly expected, but to take
> > the whole machine out is another matter altogether.
> 
> Agreed.

Me too, but I rejected half of the LSI update because of other problems.
Since this is isolated to actual firmware debugging, which no normal
user will see, I let it go after a bit of arguing.

James


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