linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fix req->cmd == INT cases

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Message-ID: <20070620122409.GU18863@kernel.dk>
Date:	Wed, 20 Jun 2007 14:24:09 +0200
From:	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
To:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@...asas.com>,
	linux-scsi <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fix req->cmd == INT cases

On Wed, Jun 20 2007, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 20, 2007 at 01:53:32PM +0300, Boaz Harrosh wrote:
> > Jens Axboe wrote:
> > > 
> > > If you look at most of the code, it's inside ifdef debug statements or
> > > comments most of them. So I don't think you can base any removal
> > > suggestion on that.
> > > 
> > > The patch itself looks fine though, if you send one that isn't mangled
> > > I'll apply it to the 2.6.23 branch.
> > > 
> > Sorry new Thunderbird Installation. I forgot it does that.
> > 
> >  - I have unearthed very old bugs in stale drivers that still
> >    used request->cmd as a READ|WRITE int
> >  - This patch is maybe a proof that these drivers have not been
> >    used for a long time. Should they be removed completely?
> > 
> > Drivers that currently do not work for sure:
> >  drivers/acorn/block/fd1772.c
> >  drivers/acorn/block/mfmhd.c
> 
> Afaik these are old arm26 driver, and that port is dead and should
> probably be removed from the tree entirely.
> 
> >  drivers/cdrom/aztcd.c
> >  drivers/cdrom/cm206.c
> >  drivers/cdrom/gscd.c
> >  drivers/cdrom/mcdx.c
> >  drivers/cdrom/optcd.c
> >  drivers/cdrom/sjcd.c
> 
> These are old cdrom drivers that are broken in various ways and probably
> should be killed off aswell.

I agree (with both sentiments), would anyone mind if I just killed them
off? mitsumi support is being reworked, that can get reintroduced once
the driver is in a stable state.

-- 
Jens Axboe

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