linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PATCH] final SCSI updates for 2.6.24 merge window

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Message-Id: <1202767342.3122.61.camel@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:02:22 -0600
From:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>
To:	Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@...il.com>
Cc:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-scsi <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux/m68k <linux-m68k@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PATCH] final SCSI updates for 2.6.24 merge window

On Mon, 2008-02-11 at 13:13 -0800, Harvey Harrison wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-02-08 at 10:37 -0600, James Bottomley wrote:
> > On Fri, 2008-02-08 at 10:03 +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > > On Thu, 7 Feb 2008, James Bottomley wrote:
> > > > On Thu, 2008-02-07 at 17:04 -0800, Harvey Harrison wrote:
> > > > > I'm going to guess that this is the entry in feature-removal.txt
> > > > > that need an update then:
> > > > > 
> > > > > ---------------------------
> > > > > 
> > > > > What:	old NCR53C9x driver
> > > > > When:	October 2007
> > > > > Why:	Replaced by the much better esp_scsi driver.  Actual low-level
> > > > > 	driver can be ported over almost trivially.
> > > > > Who:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
> > > > > 	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
> > > > 
> > > > Not immediately ... I anticipate a few "where'd my driver go?" type
> > > > questions from m68k for which this provides a useful reference to point
> > > > to ...
> > > 
> > > Don't bother, we're fully aware of this.
> > > 
> > > The shortest feature removal notice in Linux's history (is it?) didn't go
> > > unnoticed ;-)
> 
> So....would a patch be welcome to remove this entry then?

Not at the moment for the reasons I already gave.  Ping me in about
three months if it's not gone by then.

James



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