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Date:	Sat, 16 Sep 2006 02:18:33 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Tom Mortensen <tmmlkml@...il.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.4.x libata resync

Tom Mortensen wrote:
> I was wondering if there are any plans for another resync of the latest
> 2.6.x libata changes back into the 2.4.x kernel?

No plans from me, anyway.

The 2.6.x SCSI API is quite different from the 2.4 API.  Dropping 2.4 
support removed a lot of limitations on the codebase, and allowed 
accelerated development.

That shouldn't stop any sufficiently motivated 3rd party, though...

	Jeff


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