linux-kernel - Re: [RFC: 2.6 patch] remove the broken SCSI_ACORNSCSI

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Message-ID: <20070729152248.GB25431@flint.arm.linux.org.uk>
Date:	Sun, 29 Jul 2007 16:22:48 +0100
From:	Russell King <rmk+lkml@....linux.org.uk>
To:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, spyro@....com,
	James.Bottomley@...elEye.com, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC: 2.6 patch] remove the broken SCSI_ACORNSCSI_3 driver

On Sun, Jul 29, 2007 at 04:59:15PM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> The SCSI_ACORNSCSI_3 driver:
> - has been marked as BROKEN for more than one year and
> - is still marked as BROKEN.
> 
> Drivers that had been marked as BROKEN for such a long time seem to be
> unlikely to be revived in the forseeable future.
> 
> But if anyone wants to ever revive this driver, the code is still
> present in the older kernel releases.

NAK.  I've had a patch to resurect it for some time.  Notice that this
merge window I applied some patches to the other acorn scsi drivers -
once I get enough time to separate out the changes I'll be applying
those patches.  It's relatively low priority for me though.

-- 
Russell King
 Linux kernel    2.6 ARM Linux   - http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/
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