linux-kernel - Re: What still uses the block layer?

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Message-ID: <283583.99423.qm@web31803.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Date:	Mon, 15 Oct 2007 01:37:33 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Luben Tuikov <ltuikov@...oo.com>
To:	Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>
Cc:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...eleye.com>,
	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, Jens Axboe <axboe@...e.de>,
	Suparna Bhattacharya <suparna@...ibm.com>,
	Nick Piggin <piggin@...erone.com.au>
Subject: Re: What still uses the block layer?

--- Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net> wrote:
> On Sunday 14 October 2007 7:45:46 pm Luben Tuikov wrote:
> > Matthew's expletive and extremely rude response really shows
> > the general attitude of the linux-scsi people.
> 
> No, it doesn't.  James Bottomley has been exceedingly polite and helpful, as 
> were several other people on the linux-scsi list when I asked them about this 
> stuff back in August.

I wasn't referring to him specifically.  He also stepped into the WWN
thread in the same manner as he did in your thread.

> Religion, politics, and anything remotely related to hotplug appear to be 
> topics to avoid in polite company if you want it to remain polite.  (My 
> gripes with scsi mostly have to do with device enumeration.  My attempts to 
> use sysfs also have to do with device enumeration.  I've spotted a trend 
> here.)
> 
> Rob
> -- 
> "One of my most productive days was throwing away 1000 lines of code."
>   - Ken Thompson.
> 

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