linux-kernel - Re: SCSI target subsystem

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Message-ID: <481D9F97.5090505@vlnb.net>
Date:	Sun, 04 May 2008 15:35:51 +0400
From:	Vladislav Bolkhovitin <vst@...b.net>
To:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>
CC:	Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@...il.com>,
	FUJITA Tomonori <tomof@....org>,
	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senpartnership.com>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, scst-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: SCSI target subsystem

Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 11:41:41AM +0200, Bart Van Assche wrote:
>> On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 8:17 PM, Vladislav Bolkhovitin <vst@...b.net> wrote:
>>> I wrote all above to support my at first glance shocking conclusion that
>>> SCSI target subsystem is completely new subsystem of the kernel and it
>>> should live on its own with its own maintainer! This is the same as with the
>>> current interaction between SCSI and block subsystems in the kernel: SCSI
>>> uses block's functionality, but that doesn't mean that block and SCSI are
>>> the same subsystem.
>> Hello Tomo,
>>
>> Due to the IET and STGT projects you have a lot of experience with
>> implementing SCSI target frameworks. What is your opinion about how a
>> kernel space SCSI target framework should fit in the Linux kernel ?
> 
> Bart, what is your role in the SCST project?  You don't seem to have
> contributed any code to it (going by the SVN logs on sourceforge), and
> your questions and suggestions seem to be those of someone not familiar
> with the code.  If you're not a developer, it might be more helpful for
> you to step back and let Vladislav handle this.

Consider Bart as a member of SCST team at the moment responsible for 
Linux kernel inclusion.

Vlad

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