linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/5] SCSI/initio fixes, cleanups, PCI API support

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Message-ID: <20070527164748.7bef041b@the-village.bc.nu>
Date:	Sun, 27 May 2007 16:47:48 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] SCSI/initio fixes, cleanups, PCI API support

On Sun, 27 May 2007 10:52:00 -0400
Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org> wrote:

> 
> This patchset presents the path to PCI API support in the initio driver.
> 
> But the first patch really begs the question:  Has this driver really
> been broken since Oct 2003?  If so, let's just delete it.

Jeff. I (and Christoph) have already done a complete initio overhaul
including the PCI API and Hotplug and submitted it.

Has it been broken - no. The value was always NULL so it always worked on
x86-32. Its a sucky driver but its not defunct.
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