linux-kernel - Re: [patch 4/6] ps3: Disk Storage Driver

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Message-ID: <4673047F.30808@garzik.org>
Date:	Fri, 15 Jun 2007 17:28:31 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, Geert.Uytterhoeven@...ycom.com
CC:	dwmw2@...radead.org, axboe@...nel.dk, James.Bottomley@...elEye.com,
	linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linuxppc-dev@...abs.org, paulus@...ba.org
Subject: Re: [patch 4/6] ps3: Disk Storage Driver

David Miller wrote:
> From: Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@...ycom.com>

>> Because no new fake SCSI drivers are accepted anymore.

If you can access the firmware/hypervisor code, have that provide SCSI. 
  Then the Linux driver piece is easy, obvious and flexible SCSI, and is 
not "fake."


> If the SCSI guys were smart, there would be a totally generic helper
> layer that allows anyone to hook into the SCSI layer as a virtual SCSI
> disk provider in like 10 lines of code. :-)

The SCSI target code gives you the capability to do that (the SCSI 
transport part, the virtual storage part is easy from there).

	Jeff


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