linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] libsas: move ATA bits into a separate module

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Date:	Mon, 18 Sep 2006 20:00:33 +0100
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	"Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@...ibm.com>
Cc:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>,
	linux-ide <linux-ide@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-scsi <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Alexis Bruemmer <alexisb@...ibm.com>,
	Mike Anderson <andmike@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] libsas: move ATA bits into a separate module

On Thu, Sep 14, 2006 at 03:40:55PM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> Jeff Garzik wrote:
> 
> > I disagree completely with this approach.
> > 
> > You don't need a table of hooks for the case where libata is disabled in
> > .config.  Thus, it's only useful for the case where libsas is loaded as
> > a module, but libata is not.
> 
> Indeed, I misunderstood what James Bottomley wanted, so I reworked the
> patch.  It has the same functionality as before, but this module uses
> the module loader/symbol resolver for all the functions in libata, and
> allows libsas to (optionally) call into sas_ata with weak references by
> pushing a table of the necessary function pointers into libsas at
> sas_ata load time.  Thus, libsas doesn't need to load libata/sas_ata
> unless it actually finds a SATA device.

NACK again.  Week references are bad.  Please change it back to normal
hard references so that it works like everything else in the kernel.

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