linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] debloat aic7xxx and aic79xx drivers by deinlining

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Date:	Thu, 30 Aug 2007 13:02:35 -0600
From:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>
To:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de>
Cc:	Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@...glemail.com>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	hare@...e.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH] debloat aic7xxx and aic79xx drivers by deinlining

On Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 08:43:24PM +0200, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> On Aug 28 2007 20:55, Denys Vlasenko wrote:
> >> Fwiw I do like your debloat patch a lot; it's just only half the
> >> equation ... if you also do the namespace fixes, I bet the driver
> >> debloats even more...
> >
> >Yes, I know, and I am happy to do that too. I just don't know
> >whether patches will be accepted.
> >
> >Why this patch is not commented on by scsi people?
> >Am I sending patches to wrong people/lists?
> 
> Well, you can send it to Linus/Andrew, that will usually upset people and they
> start commenting on it. Or they don't, and everything is fine.
> (The "default y" approach so to speak ;-)

The problem is that we don't really have a maintainer for the aic7xyz
drivers any more.  Volunteers welcome.  NOT IT!

-- 
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"Bill, look, we understand that you're interested in selling us this
operating system, but compare it to ours.  We can't possibly take such
a retrograde step."
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